ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18775
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| Date: | Thursday 18 September 1947 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89A Dominie |
| Owner/operator: | Franco-British Commercial & Industrial Co Ltd |
| Registration: | G-AJSJ |
| MSN: | 6826 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Tunis Airport, Tunis -
 Tunisia
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Croydon Airport, London (EGCR) |
| Antananarivo, Madagascar | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
c/no.6826: Taken on charge by the RAF as NR738 at De Havilland Aircraft, Witney, Oxfordshire, 7.12.44. Issued to RAF Halton Station Flight 6.6.45; coded "THA-C". Withdrawn from service when delivered to 5 MU RAF Kemble 21.1.47.
Struck off charge by the RAF when sold 29.5.47 to Field Aircraft Services Ltd. Registered G-AJSJ (C of R 11548) 8.5.47 to Field Aircraft Services Ltd, Croydon. Re-registered 15.7.47 to Franco-British Commercial & Industrial Co Ltd, London W1 [but actually based at Croydon]. CofA 9375 issued 25.7.47.
Written off when crashed on take off from Tunis, Tunisia 18.9.47 on delivery flight to Air Madagascar at Antananarivo, Madagascar; [named “Tamatave”]. Registration cancelled 3.12.47 as "destroyed in French Tunisia".
Sources:
1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Madagascar
3. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh89-dominie-tunis
4. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AJSJ.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 23-Jan-2011 14:16 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Damage] |
| 12-Dec-2011 11:20 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Dec-2011 11:25 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Dec-2011 10:13 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Feb-2019 23:59 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Feb-2019 22:37 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location] |
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