ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 222793
Last updated: 5 October 2020
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| Date: | 22-OCT-1942 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | 62 Air School SAAF |
| Registration: | X7511 |
| C/n / msn: | 6628 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Bloemfontein Airport, Tempe, Bloemfontein, Free State -
 South Africa
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Bloemfontein Airport, Tempe, Bloemforntein, Frees State (BFN/FABL) |
C/no. 6628: Taken on charge as X7511 against Contract No B.104592/40 at 18 MU RAF Dumfries 14.5.42. To 47 MU RAF Sealand 24.5.42 for packing and crating for shipment. Shipped ex Glasgow 18.8.42 on the s.s. "Empire Might" for Cape Town; arrived 16.9.42. To SAAF as "1361" at 9 Aircraft Depot 18.9.42. To 62 Air School 15.10.42.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when aileron control jammed on take-off from Bloemfontein and aircraft overturned in forced landing 22.10.42; not repaired. Struck off charge [by SAAF] 31.8.43 and used for spares. [Already Struck off charge by RAF 6.1.43].
Sources:
1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
2. http://www.dehavilland.co.za/DH89_Dragon_Rapide.html
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p066.html
4. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?13000-SAAF-Air-Schools/page3
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Mar-2019 21:00 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 19-Apr-2019 17:31 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
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