Incident de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide CR-ADM,
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Date:Tuesday 15 March 1955
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic DH89 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide
Owner/operator:Transportes Aéreos da Zambézia (TAZ)
Registration: CR-ADM
MSN: 6840
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Praia Zulala -   Mozambique
Phase: En route
Nature:Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
C/no. 6840: Taken on charge as NR752 at 18 MU RAF Dumfries 14.1.45. To Metropolitan Communications Squadron, Hendon 24.9.45; coded "CB-D". Returned to 18 MU Dumfries 1.11.46. To 5 MU RAF Kemble, Gloucestershire 9.12.48. Sold 13.2.50 to Allen Aircraft Services Ltd. Registered as G-ALWO (C of R 14897/1) 23.1.50 to Allen Aircraft Services Ltd, Croydon. Registration cancelled 11.3.50 & re-registered 14.4.50 to Wesley & Nash Ltd, London WC2 (based at Croydon Airport). C of A 10879/2 issued 10.5.50. New C of R No.R922 issued 1950.

Registration G-ALWO cancelled 1.6.51 as sold abroad. Registered in Southern Rhodesia as VP-YHE 1.6.51 to Rhodian Investments Trust Ltd, Umtali. Registration cancelled 6.5.52 as sold to DETA.Re-registered in Mozambique as CR-ADM 6.5.52 to Celestino de Armincao Neves, Quelihane. Operated by Transportes Aéreos da Zambézia (TAZ).

Written off (destroyed) when crashed Praia Zulala, Mozambique 15.3.55

Sources:

1. http://voandoemmozambique.blogspot.com/2011/09/757-cr-adg-cr-adh-e-cr-adm.html
2. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
3. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ALWO.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p068.html

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
04-Oct-2018 16:38 TB Added
17-Feb-2019 19:39 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative]
17-Feb-2019 19:42 Dr. John Smith Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]

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