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Date: | 17-JAN-1948 |
Time: | |
Type: |  de Havilland DH.104 Dove 1 |
Owner/operator: | Airways (India) |
Registration: | VT-CQA |
C/n / msn: | 04077 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Location: | near Chivitavecchia, RM -
Italy
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
Departure airport: | Marsaille |
Destination airport: | Rome |
Narrative:Crashed in mountainous region of Monterano 40 miles northwest of Rome on delivery flight to India from London via Marsaille, Rome and Cairo. Two pilots and a woman, all UK citizen.
Sources:
https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1325162/ The Indian Express 20 January 1948, p6
La Stampa 19 January 1948, p1
Images:
Photo of VT-CQA courtesy AirHistory.net
In Flight
10 December 1947; (c) Ed Coates Collection / CAHS
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
03-Dec-2012 12:26 |
TB |
Added |
05-Dec-2013 18:07 |
TB |
Updated [Operator] |
22-Apr-2014 19:58 |
TB |
Updated [Total fatalities] |
30-Jun-2018 11:16 |
TB |
Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
30-Jun-2018 13:56 |
TB |
Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |