ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 222681
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| Date: | Thursday 31 October 1946 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | Field Aircraft Services Ltd. |
| Registration: | ZS-AYG |
| MSN: | 6759 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF El Adem, near Tobruk -
 Libya
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | RAF El Adem, Libya |
| South Africa | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
C/no. 6759: Taken on charge as NF888 at HQ Air Transport Auxiliary White Waltham 19.6.44. To 32 MU RAF St. Athan 25.1.45. Returned to HQ ATA 19.2.45. To 18 MU RAF Dumfries 27.12.45 for storage pending disposal.
Sold 23.5.46 to Field Consolidated Aircraft Services Ltd. Registered as G-AHPV (C of R 10267) 22.5.46 to Field Consolidated Aircraft Services Ltd, Croydon. Registration G-AHPV cancelled 12.8.46 as sold abroad. UK C of A 8013 issued 19.9.46; possibly overhauled by Tollerton Aircraft Services Ltd.
Re-registered in South Africa as ZS-AYG 30.10.46 to Field Aircraft Services Ltd. For operation in South Africa by Aircraft Operating Co of South Africa but crashed on delivery RAF El Adem, near Tobruk, Libya 31.10.46
Sources:
1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AHPV.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p067.html
4. http://www.dehavilland.co.za/DH89_Dragon_Rapide.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Mar-2019 00:03 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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