ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18772
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| Date: | Thursday 5 June 1952 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | Cie de Transports Aeriens Autrex |
| Registration: | G-ALXA |
| MSN: | 6727 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Gia-Lam, Long Biên District, Hanoi -
 Vietnam
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Gia-Lam, Long Biên District, Hanoi (VVGL) |
| Gia-Lam, Hanoi | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
C/no.6727: Taken on charge as NF856 at 18 MU 28.4.44. To SHAEF Communications Flight, Gatwick 7.6.45. To RAF Mission to Denmark Communication Flight, Kastrup 15.11.45. To 18 MU 20.2.46. To 4 Radio School, Madley 19.4.48. To 5 MU Kemble 8.6.48.
Struck off charge when sold 11.1.50 to Darlington & District Aero Club Ltd. Registered G-ALXA (CofR 14908) 16.1.50 to The Darlington & District Aero Club Ltd, Croft. CofA 10852 issued 8.6.50. Registered 14.12.51 to W.S. Shackleton Ltd, London W1.
According to one source, G-ALXA was sold by W.S.Shackleton Ltd to Qantas on or about 12.12.51, and Australian registsration VH-AJS was reserved for this aircraft. (It was a condition of sale that the aircraft was to be ferried ex-UK in Australian, not UK markings). On or about 21.12.51 the sale fell through (DH.89A G-ALNT was supplied 26.2.52 as a replacement)
Registration cancelled by the CAA on 25.2.52 as "sold abroad - Hanoi, Viet-nam"; crated and shipped ex Croydon 22.3.52. Sold to Cie de Transports Aeriens Autrex, Hanoi, but not re-registered locally, due to it being destroyed in a hangar fire at Gia-Lam, Long Biên District, Hanoi on 5.6.52 while still crated.
Sources:
1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ALXA.pdf
3. http://www.goodall.com.au/australian-aviation/dh89/dh89.htm
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p067.html
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gia_Lam_Airport
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 28-Dec-2011 18:18 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 01-May-2012 14:29 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Mar-2014 02:10 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Feb-2019 02:23 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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