ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 332288
| Date: | Tuesday 11 October 1966 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Canadair DC-4M2 North Star |
| Owner/operator: | H.A. Wharton |
| Registration: | I-ACOA |
| MSN: | 137 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Merlin 622 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Garoua -
 Cameroon
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Illegal Flight |
| Departure airport: | Fort Lamy Airport (NDJ/FTTJ) |
| Port Harcourt Airport (PHC/DNPO) |
Hank Wharton was hired to transport a cargo of 3600 machine guns from the Netherlands to Port Harcourt. The arms were intended for Biafra, which wanted to become independent from Nigeria. Dutch officials denied the export license, so paperwork was changed to make it appear that the arms were going to be flown to Birmingham, U.K. Hank Wharton departed Rotterdam Airport but never arrived at Birmingham. Instead he flew to Palma de Mallorca, Spain. The airplane was refueled and continued via Algeria to Fort Lamy (now N'djamena). Because of a lack of maps of the region, the Canadair did not make it to Port Harcourt. Over Cameroon fuel exhaustion forced the crew to carry out a forced landing. The DC-4 crashed on landing and broke in four pieces.
Sources:
Vliegende huursoldaten / Time Life, 1982
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photo (c) Airview
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