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| Date: | Wednesday 22 June 1938 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: | de Havilland DH.84 Dragon I |
| Owner/operator: | Misr Airlines |
| Registration: | SU-ABJ |
| MSN: | 6051 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Almaza Airport, Almaza, Cairo -
 Egypt
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Almaza Airport, Cairo, Egypt (HEAZ) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Little or no information is available |
c/no 6051 (Gipsy Major #5336/5337) To Misr Airwork with C of A 4062 issued 21.10.33; departed Heston on delivery 27.10.33. Registered as SU-ABJ to Misr-Airwork SAE; named "El Barak".
Destroyed by fire at Almaza, Cairo, Egypt 22.6.38 when signal rockets accidently fired inside aircraft after night flying exercise with Army aircraft.
Sources:
1. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH84.pdf
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p060.html
3. https://calisphere.org/item/bb5aa5755e1335d61e562339cc1aa1ec/ [photo]
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almaza_Air_Base#History
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Nov-2016 17:01 | TB | Added |
| 02-Oct-2017 22:27 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 15-Mar-2020 07:24 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 24-Oct-2022 23:44 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Category, ] |
| 24-Oct-2022 23:44 | Dr. John Smith | Updated |
| 24-Oct-2022 23:44 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 28-Oct-2022 17:10 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, ] |
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