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| Date: | Wednesday 12 January 1977 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  English Electric Canberra B2 |
| Owner/operator: | 5 Sqn Rhodesian AF |
| Registration: | R2514 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Malvernia area -
 Mozambique
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | New Sarum, Rhodesia |
12.01.77 Canberra B2 R2514 of 5 Squaderon, Rhodesian Air Force crashed in the Malvernia area of Mozambique, when the Bomb bay was hit by ground fire, with the loss of all three on board:
Crew:
Flt Lt I. H. Donaldson (killed)
Air Sub Lt D. Hawkes (killed)
Capt R.S.S. Warracker (army) (killed)
Calimed by FRELIMO to have been shot down by them.
Sources:
Air Enthusiast 53
http://web.archive.org/web/20171024161347/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Country-By-Country/Zimbabwe_Rhodesia.htm
http://rhodesianforces.org/AircraftIncidents.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Dec-2008 10:57 | harro | Added |
| 05-Apr-2013 01:45 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 28-May-2013 14:59 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative, ] |
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