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| Date: | Wednesday 20 November 1946 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro 685 York C.1 |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | MW205 |
| MSN: | |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Merlin |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 64 km S of Suez -
 Egypt
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Shaibah RAF Station |
| Cairo-Almaza Air Base (HEAZ) |
The Avro York took off on a flight to Almaza Egypt, the ultimate destination being the UK.
The aircraft flew into a 2,000 foot hill some fifty miles from Cairo and off track. All on board the plane died in the accident.
They were:
Flt/Lt DB Sinclair RAFVR, pilot.
Flt/Lt GM Ryan RNZAF, co-pilot.
Flt/Lt HT Hanbury RAF.
Flt/Lt TO O'Carroll RAF.
Wt/Offr AE Thomas RAFVR.
Wt/Offr SC Thompson RAF.
Sources:
RAF.Org. Casualties 1946
Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
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