ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 141493
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| Date: | Tuesday 25 March 1941 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | 1 Camouflage Flt RAF |
| Registration: | R9551 |
| MSN: | 6479 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Yoxall, Staffordshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hendon, Middlesex |
| RAF Hendon, Middlesex |
c/no.6479: Taken on charge by RAF as R9551 under Contract 20916/39 at 12 MU 5.4.40. To 18 MU RAF Dumfries 12.8.40. To 1 Camouflage Flight, RAF Hendon 24.12.40.
Badly damaged in forced landing in bad weather Yoxall, Staffordshire 25.3.41. The crew was performing a ferry flight from RAF Hendon. En route, they encountered bad weather conditions and attempted to make an emergency landing. Both pilots were unhurt while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair. To 51 MU Litchfield for components recovery 29.3.41 and struck off charge 14.4.41
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft R1000-R9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1980, page 58)
2. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh89.pdf
3. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh89a-dragon-rapide-yoxall
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Jan-2012 11:38 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 17-Jan-2012 11:34 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 18-Feb-2019 22:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Feb-2019 19:43 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
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