Date:	Sunday 11 August 1940
Time:
Type:	de Havilland DH.91 Albatross
Owner/operator:	Royal Air Force - RAF
Registration:	AX903
MSN:	6800
Year of manufacture:	1938
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Reykjavík RAF Station (RKV) -   Iceland
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:	Reykjavík RAF Station (RKV/BIRK)

Narrative:
The transport aircraft, impressed into Royal Air Force Service from BOAC on 1.9.40, was operated by the 271 Squadron.
It was destroyed in a landing accident at Reykjavik, Iceland when it swung into Fairey Battle L5547.

Jackson, A. J. (1987). De Havilland aircraft since 1909. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-896-4

Other occurrences involving this aircraft

31 March 1938	G-AEVV	Secretary of State for Air, Air Ministry (G-INFO)		Hatfield Airfield (EGTH), Hatfield, Hertfordshire,		min
Gear-up landing
13 October 1940	AX903	Secretary of State for Air, Air Ministry (G-INFO)	0	Bristol -Whitchurch Airfield Lulsgate Bottom, North Somerset,		sub

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