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| Date: | Tuesday 11 October 1960 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Beechcraft C-45F Expeditor |
| Owner/operator: | Somalia Air Force |
| Registration: | MM61724 |
| MSN: | 8397 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Gulf of Aden -
 Yemen
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Harghesia |
| Aden |
Missing. Aircraft departed Harghesia for Aden on first leg of flight to SIAI Marchetti at Vergiate for major overhaul. Failed to arrive at Aden. The airplane is believed to have crashed in the Gulf of Aden.
Sources:
Passauer Neue Presse 14 October 1960, p2
Accident signals held in Archivio Centrale dello Stato, Roma
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Oct-2014 18:51 | TB | Added |
| 12-Oct-2014 16:05 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Country, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 08-May-2019 18:06 | Bardolino | Updated [Registration, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 30-Dec-2020 13:42 | gerard57 | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 05-Apr-2021 12:15 | TB | Updated [Cn, Source, ] |
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