Date:	Sunday 26 September 1948
Time:	day
Type:	Handley Page Halifax B.VII
Owner/operator:	298 Sqn RAF
Registration:	PN256
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Mauripur, Karachi, Sindh Province. -   Pakistan
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Mauripur, Karachi, Sindh Province
Destination airport:	RAF Mauripur, Karachi, Sindh Province

Narrative:
Written off 26.9.1948: On landing in RAF Mauripur, Karachi, Sindh Province, Pakistan, the aircraft went out of control, veered off runway and collided with a hut. There were no casualties but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

NOTE: Most published sources state the Halifax PN256 was with 298 Squadron RAF at the time of the crash. However, 298 Squadron disbanded at RAF Mauripur in December 1946 - almost two years earlier.

1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.68. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain)
3. https://www.flickr.com/photos/14415433@N02/7420387922/in/album-72157630237914772/
4. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-handley-page-hp63-halifax-vii-mauripur

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
21-Sep-2013 02:40	JINX	Added
09-Mar-2017 16:10	Dr.John Smith	Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
09-Mar-2017 16:27	Dr.John Smith	Updated [Source]
12-Mar-2017 01:47	Dr.John Smith	Updated [Aircraft type, Total occupants, Source, Narrative]
12-Mar-2017 01:48	Dr.John Smith	Updated [Narrative]
01-Nov-2018 15:51	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator]
27-Oct-2019 17:06	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
29-Oct-2019 00:57	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source]