Last updated: 5 March 2021
| Status: | |
| Date: | Tuesday 7 April 1942 |
| Type: | de Havilland DH.91 Albatross |
| Operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | AX904 |
| C/n / msn: | 6801 |
| First flight: | 1937 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Reykjavík RAF Station (RKV) ( Iceland)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Reykjavík RAF Station (RKV/BIRK), Iceland |
The transport aircraft, impressed into Royal Air Force Service from BOAC on 1.9.40, was operated by the 271 Squadron.
It was destroyed when the landing gear collapsed on landing at Reykjavik, Iceland.
Sources:
» Jackson, A. J. (1987). De Havilland aircraft since 1909. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-896-4» Jackson, A. J. (1973). British Civil Aircraft since 1919, Volume 2 (2nd edition ed.). Putnam. ISBN 0-370-10010-7
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
