NEVILLE DENTON COLLECTION
No. 7668. de Havilland D.H.87B Hornet Moth (OY-DEZ c/n 8040)
Photographed at Strathallen, Auchterarder, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, by Neville Denton

de Havilland D.H.87B Hornet Moth

04/30/2008. Remarks by Johan Visschedijk: "Built in 1935, this aircraft was delivered to the Kuala Lumpur Flying Club in Malaysia, registered as VR-RAI on January 30, 1936. Early in 1939 it was flown to Denmark and was registered OY-DEZ to S.A.R.Jacobsen of Helsingør on March 30, 1940, being sold to Sweden on October 1, 1942.

In 1952 it came on the CAA Registry in the UK as G-AMZO, to return to Denmark in 1973, being registered to Jens Toft Højmark of Lem on May 30, 1974. It is based with the Dansk Veteranflysamling (Danish Vintage Aircraft Collection) at nearby Stauning Airfield."


Created April 30, 2008