ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 179909
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Date: | Saturday 6 March 1920 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Vickers FB.27 Vimy Commerical |
Owner/operator: | SAAF (South African Air Force) |
Registration: | F8615 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Bulawayo, Matabeleland -
Zimbabwe
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Wadi Haifa |
Destination airport: | Bulawayo, Matabeleland, Southern Rhodesia |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:On approach to Bulawayo, Matabeleland, aircraft encountered problems and crashed. Both occupants, engaged in a cross country flight to Cape Town, South Africa, were injured. Aircraft was named "Silver Queen II" and was flying Cairo - Wadi Halfa - Bulawayo - Cape Town, and was destroyed.
Sources:
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http://web.archive.org/web/20170107164813/http://sapfa.org.za/history/1920s-london-cape-town 2.
https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-vickers-fb27-vimy-bulawayo Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
26-Sep-2015 16:58 |
gerard57 |
Added |
30-Oct-2017 06:17 |
Sergey L. |
Updated [Registration, Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
02-Jan-2018 19:49 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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