ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 28825
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| Date: | Tuesday 20 December 1938 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | de Havilland DH.90 Dragonfly |
| Owner/operator: | Rhodesian & Nyasaland Airways |
| Registration: | VP-YAX |
| MSN: | 7512 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Gwelo, Midlands -
 Zimbabwe
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Fort Jameson, Northern Rhodesia |
| Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
c/no 7512 (Gipsy Major #8660/8661): To Rhodesia & Nyasaland Airways Ltd with C of A 5595 issued 21.7.36. Registered VP-YAX 15.8.36 to Rhodesia & Nyasaland Airways Ltd, Salisbury, Rhodesia.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed 20.12.38 near Gwelo, Southern Rhodesia. Aircraft was operating a scheduled international flight Blantyre (Malawi) – Lilongwe (Malawi) – Fort Jameson (Northern Rhodesia) - Salisbury (Southern Rhodesia). No reported casualties among the passengers and crew.
Sources:
1. Encyclopedia of African Airlines By Ben R. Guttery
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p075.html
3. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh90-dragonfly-gwelo
4. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH90.pdf
5. https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-other-registers
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_VP-Y.html
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gweru
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Mar-2010 13:36 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Narrative] |
| 08-Sep-2014 01:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 23-Sep-2016 16:33 | TB | Updated [Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Jan-2018 21:25 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Jan-2022 10:46 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator] |
| 13-Apr-2022 08:14 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 12-Nov-2022 22:27 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 13-Nov-2022 17:52 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 13-Nov-2022 19:01 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
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