De Havilland DH.80 Puss Moth crash, May 5, 1931 (2 killed)
De Havilland DH.80 Puss Moth accident on May 5, 1931 near Mt Tandjiesberg Free State, South Africa with 2 fatalities. Cause: The aircraft broke up in...
- Date: May 5, 1931
- Aircraft: De Havilland DH.80 Puss Moth
- Location: Mt Tandjiesberg Free State, South Africa
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The aircraft broke up in mid air while flying through a dust storm.
Glen Kidston and Captain Thomas Anthony Gladstone were killed on 5 May 1931 when the borrowed Puss Moth ZS-ACC broke up in the air over the Drakensberg mountains in South Africa. The aircraft was flying through a dust storm, and a memorial marks the crash site.