ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18775
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| Date: | 18-SEP-1947 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | de Havilland DH.89A Dominie |
| Operator: | Franco-British Commercial & Industrial Co Ltd |
| Registration: | G-AJSJ |
| C/n / msn: | 6826 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Tunis -
 Tunisia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Delivery |
| Departure airport: | Croydon Airport, London (EGCR) |
| Antananarivo, Madagascar |
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 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 Withdrawn from service when delivered to 5 MU RAF Kemble 21.1.47.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 (CofR 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; [named “Tamatave”]. Registration cancelled 3.12.47 as "destroyed in French Tunisia".
Sources:
http://www.dehavilland.ukf.net/p068.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Madagascar
http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh89.pdf
http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AJSJ.pdf
http://www.baaa-acro.com/Pays/T/Tunisie.htm
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 occupants, Total fatalities, 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] |
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