ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 28806
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| Date: | Saturday 26 August 1939 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | de Havilland DH.84 Dragon |
| Owner/operator: | Indian National Airways |
| Registration: | VT-AEL |
| MSN: | 6048 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Bhikhi Sharif, 40 miles from Lahore, Punjab -
 India
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Dum Dum Airport, Calcutta, West Bengal, India (CCU/VECC) |
| Walton Airport/Lahore Airfield, Lahore, Punjab, India (OPLH) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
c/no 6048 (Gipsy Major #5331/5332) To Indian National Airways Ltd with C of A 4063 issued 20.10.33; departed Heston on delivery 2.11.33. Registered in India as VT-AEL [C of R 190] 29.1.34 to Indian National Airways Ltd, Dum Dum; named "Emerald" by Lady Willingdon 20.11.33.
Written off when crashed near Bhikhi Sharif, 40 miles from Lahore, Punjab, India 26.8.39 on mail flight (2 killed - pilot and one passenger). Registration VT-AEL cancelled 28.8.39.
Bhikhi Sharif is a village and union council of Mandi Bahauddin District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It has an altitude of 216 metres (709 ft).
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p060.html
2. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/vt-aaa.pdf
3. http://www.orpheusweb.co.uk/vicsmith/OldAccs/Aug39.html
4. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh84-dragon-i-near-lahore-2-killed
5. https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-india-register
6. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH84.pdf
7. https://www.key.aero/article/opening-new-airline-markets
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhikhi,_Pakistan
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walton_Airport
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Dec-2011 05:34 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 02-Oct-2017 23:06 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Oct-2017 23:12 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Sep-2022 10:37 | Lipatov Sergey | Updated [Source] |
| 27-Oct-2022 23:54 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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