| Date: | Saturday 15 May 1948 |
| Time: | 07:20 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-49K (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Mercury Aviation Services |
| Registration: | ZS-BWY |
| MSN: | 6341 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 13 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 32 km S of Vrede -
 South Africa
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Durban-Stamford Hill Airport |
| Johannesburg-Palmietfontein Airport |
The aircraft was on the Durban-Johannesburg leg of a flight to London when it crashed into Spitzkop mountain in the Witkoppens Mountains. The aircraft, named "City of Durban", was 8 miles off track in bad weather.
Sources:
Air Britain Casualty compendium (pt. 47)
Images:
photo (c) Ken Fuller; nr Vrede; May 1948
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