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| Date: | Saturday 31 May 1941 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | Societe de Transports du Proche Orient |
| Registration: | F-AQOI |
| MSN: | 6407 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Tripoli -
 Lebanon
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Ambulance |
| Departure airport: | Tripoli, Syria |
C/no. 6407: C of A 6283 issued 19.5.38. (2 x Gipsy Six engines #6845/6847) Registered as F-AQOI 8.6.38 to Societe de Transports du Proche Orient, Tripoli, Syria; used as air ambulance in support of Middle East oil fields and during WWII.
Reported as destroyed by/on 31.5.41 at Tripoli, in the allied invasion of Syria. Note that Tripoli, which is now in Lebanon, was in Syria at the time, as the country of Lebanon did not exist until 1948
Sources:
1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p064.html
3. http://www.orpheusweb.co.uk/vicsmith/Accidents/May41.html
4. https://immat.aviation-civile.gouv.fr/immat/servlet/aeronef_liste.html
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripoli,_Lebanon#Timeline
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Feb-2019 00:58 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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