ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 222180
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| Date: | Sunday 23 January 1955 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | Caspar Air Charters & Agencies Ltd |
| Registration: | VP-KHF |
| MSN: | 6627 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 1 mile North of Garissa Aerodrome, Garissa -
 Kenya
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Carissa Aerodrome, Kenya (GAS/HKGA) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
C/no. 6627: Taken on charge as X7510 against Contract No B.104592/40 at 9 MU RAF Cosford 30.4.42. To 47 MU RAF Sealand 24.5.42 for crating and packing for shipment. Shipped ex Glasgow 18.8.42 on the s.s "Empire Might" for Cape Town; arrived Cape Town 16.9.42.
To SAAF as "1359" at 9 Aircraft Depot 9.42. To 62 Air School 15.10.42. To 61 Squadron SAAF, 2.3.45. To 11 Aircraft Depot 11.1.46. To 28 Squadron SAAF 1.2.46. To 15 Aircraft Depot 20.6.46. [Struck off charge by RAF 26.9.46 as sold locally].
Sold 5.7.46 to African Flying Services (for £1,386). Registered as ZS-BCT 29.1.47 to African Flying Services. Registration cancelled 23.5.49 as sold in Kenya. Registered as VP-KHF (C of R 185) 31.5.49. Registered 20.9.52 to Caspar Air Charters & Agencies Ltd, Nairobi. Operated by Edward E. [Ted] Fresson as anti-locust crop sprayer December 1953 to February 1954.
Crashed when pilot lost control on take off and destroyed by fire 1 mile North of Garissa Aerodrome, Kenya 23.1.55; 1 on board killed. Registration VP-KHF cancelled 18.2.55 as destroyed
Sources:
1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
2. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/vp-kaa_&_sy-aaa.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p066.html
4. http://www.dehavilland.co.za/DH89_Dragon_Rapide.html
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garissa_Airport
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Feb-2019 22:54 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 25-Apr-2022 17:15 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator] |
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