ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 139849
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Date: | Thursday 14 April 1955 |
Time: | |
Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk 22 |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | F-OARP |
MSN: | C1/0362 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Fort Rixon, Matabeleland South -
Zimbabwe
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Bulawayo Airport, Bulawayo, Rhodesia (FVBU) |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Ex-RAF WG309. Delivered 14/06/1951. RAF service with 5 FTS, and 4 FTS. Struck off charge 17/06/1953 at Heany, Southern Rhodesia. Sold off to civil ownership in Kenya as VP-YKU. Resold and re-registered as F-OARP (French Civil Register) on 29/10/1953. Crashed in the Claremont Mine area at Fort Rixon, Matabeleland, 48 miles north-east of Bulawayo, Rhodesia (at approximate co ordinates 20°01′S 29°16′E) on 14/04/1955
Sources:
1. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.planetrace.co.uk/1950_-_1959_16.html]
2.
http://www.ukserials.com/prodlists.php?type=343 3.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Rixon Birmingham Daily Gazette 14.4.55
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
12-Nov-2011 13:58 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
13-Dec-2016 19:45 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
30-Mar-2020 06:47 |
rod brown |
Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source] |
13-Apr-2022 08:36 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
13-Apr-2022 09:05 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
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