ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 222267
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| Date: | Monday 25 November 1957 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners (Africa) Ltd, |
| Registration: | VP-YOY |
| MSN: | 6678 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kariba Airport, Mashonaland West -
 Zimbabwe
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Kariba, Mashonaland West Province (KAB/FVKB) |
| Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
C/no. 6678: Taken on charge as HG693 against Contract No.6/Acft/2580/C20a at 18 MU RAF Dumfries 4.1.44. To 87 Group Communications Flight, RAF Buc, France 30.5.45. To 403 R&SU Deurne, France 21.6.45; returned to Croydon 30.1.46. To 18 MU RAF Dumfries 4.4.46 for storage pending disposal
Sold 3.7.46 to Field Consolidated Aircraft Services Ltd. Regd G-AHPW (C of R 10268) 22.5.46 to Field Consolidated Aircraft Services Ltd, Croydon. Registration cancelled as "sold abroad" 12.8.46. Registered in South Africa as ZS-BCO 7.9.46 to Field Aircraft Services Ltd. UK C of A 8160 issued 9.10.46. Registration cancelled 22.8.47 as sold to SRAF. To Southern Rhodesia Air Force as SR24 8.47. Registered in Southern Rhodesia as VP-YOY 4th Quarter of 1956 (=between 1.9.56 and 31.12.56) to Gibb Coyne & Sager (Kariba) (Pvt) Ltd, Salisbury; (note c/n quoted as H.9693). Registered 4th Quarter of 1957 (=between 1.9.57 and 31.12.57) to Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners (Africa) Ltd, Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia.
Written off when Destroyed by fire on start up Kariba Airport, Kariba, Mashonaland West Province, Southern Rhodesia 25.11.57. Registration VP-YOY cancelled 1st Quarter of 1958 (=between 1.1.58 and 31.3.58).
Sources:
1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AHPW.pdf
3. http://www.dehavilland.co.za/DH89_Dragon_Rapide.html
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p066.html
5. http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/waf/aa-africa/zim/af/types/rapide.htm
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kariba_Airport
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Feb-2019 02:48 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 26-Feb-2019 02:49 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 13-Apr-2022 09:20 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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