ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18734
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| Date: | Monday 3 November 1947 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89a Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | Franco-British Commercial & Industrial Co Ltd |
| Registration: | G-AJFO |
| MSN: | 6756 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Rabak Airport, Kosti, White Nile State -
 Sudan
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Rabak Airport, Kosti, White Nile State, Sudan |
| Ivato, Madagascar | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
c/no. 6756: Taken on charge as NF885 at 4 Delivery Flight, Clifton 14.6.44. To 18 MU RAF Dumfries 11.10.45. To Metropolitan Communications Squadron, RAF Hendon 20.12.45; coded "CB-Z". To 18 MU RAF Dumfries 1.9.46 for storage pending disposal.
Sold 19.2.47 to Field Aircraft Services Ltd. Registered G-AJFO (C of R 11254) 29.1.47 to Field Aircraft Services Ltd, Croydon (constructors number given erroneously as NF855). Registration cancelled as "sold abroad as OO-CDF" 29.4.47. Not taken up by 1.7.47 (sale fell through?).
Registration G-AJFO restored 15.7.47 to Franco-British Commercial & Industrial Co Ltd, London W1 [aircraft based Croydon]. C of A 8983 issued 23.7.47.
Destroyed by fire during engine start up at Rabak Airfield, Kosti, White Nile State, Sudan 3.11.47 (at approximate Coordinates 13°10′40″N, 32°43′05″E) on delivery to Air Madagascar [named “Antenanariva” – see G-AJSJ]. Registration cancelled 3.12.47
Sources:
1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AJFO.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p067.html
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabak_Airport
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Madagascar
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 28-Dec-2011 11:29 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 20-Feb-2019 22:58 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Mar-2019 00:15 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Source, Narrative] |
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