ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 223203
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| Date: | Tuesday 23 May 1944 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | Iraq & Persia CF RAF |
| Registration: | HK862 |
| MSN: | 6410 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sir-Bani-Yas Island, 110 miles SW of Abu Dhabi, Persian Gulf -
 United Arab Emirates
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Habbaniya, Iraq |
C/no. 6410: First registered as G-AFFC [C of R 8346] 12.4.38 to Iraq Petroleum Transport Co Ltd, London EC.2 (aircraft based at Haifa, Palestine). (2 x Gipsy Six engines #6859/6860) C of A 6297 issued 2.6.38. C of A lapsed 28.5.40. Registration G-AFFC cancelled 28.5.41 as sold - "taken over by British Military Field Hospital, Jerusalem".
Impressed into the RAF Middle East Air Force as HK862 15.2.42. To 206 Group Communications Flight. To Iraq & Persia Communications Flight, Habbaniya, Iraq 9.42.
Damaged in forced landing Sir-Baniyas Island, Abu Dhabi, Persian Gulf 23.5.44 (at approximate coordinates: 24°20′N, 52°36′E) when searching for missing B-17; crew picked up by Royal Navy but aircraft abandoned where it crashed. Struck off charge by Mediterranean Allied Air Forces 31.8.44 as Cat.E(FA).
Sources:
1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AFFC.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p064.html
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A10.html
5. http://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/aeroplanes/15-aeroplanes/80-register-gb-g-af
6. http://pwm.org.pl/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=8302
7. https://modelwork.pl/topic/9178-de-havilland-dh89-dragon-rapide-172-heller/
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Bani_Yas
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Mar-2019 22:19 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 18-Mar-2019 22:20 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 24-Sep-2019 16:45 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 05-Nov-2019 22:43 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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