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| Date: | Saturday 13 April 1963 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Blackburn Beverley C.1 |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | XB268 |
| MSN: | 1011 ? |
| Year of manufacture: | 1956 |
| Engine model: | Bristol Centaurus 173 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near El Adem RAF Station -
 Libya
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| El Adem RAF Station |
The Beverley transport plane flew into terrain during a night time approach to RAF El Adem in cloudy weather.
Sources:
BAAA-ACRO
Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
UK Serials Resource Centre
Location
Images:
photo (c) IWM RAF-T 1283; October 1959
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