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| Date: | Thursday 17 April 1947 |
| Time: | 19:30 |
| Type: |  Lockheed Ventura Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | South African Air Force - SAAF |
| Registration: | 6501 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 15 / Occupants: 15 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Location: | 60 mi SW of Khartoum -
 Sudan
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Pretoria, South Africa |
| Cairo, Egypt | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The Ventura was taking eleven fighter pilots of the SAAF to Cairo, in order for them to ferry Spitfires back to South Africa, when it crashed between Malakal and Khartoum. Four crew and eleven passengers.
Sources:
http://www.mm3admin.co.za/documents/docmanager/11DD6678-A6CF-4F06-9F49-B5EA985F43F6/00031571.pdf
http://www.southafricawargraves.org/search/details.php?id=28026
Images:
Photo: R Neil Munro; 28 November 2019 at Khartoum war graves
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 09-Jul-2014 04:15 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 16-Oct-2014 17:05 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative, ] |
| 24-Feb-2015 20:02 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, ] |
| 13-Jun-2016 20:02 | TB | Updated [Time, Location, ] |
| 30-Dec-2019 18:42 | harro | Updated [Photo, ] |
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