Incident British Klemm BA L.25C Swallow 2 VP-KBK,
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Date:Friday 25 June 1937
Time:day
Type:British Klemm BA L.25C Swallow 2
Owner/operator:P.P. Whitmarsh
Registration: VP-KBK
MSN: 19
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Nairobi-Wilson Airport, Nairobi -   Kenya
Phase: Take off
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Nairobi-Wilson Airport, Nairobi, Kenya (WIL/HKNW)
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
C of A 4445 issued 11.8.34 to John E Carberry. Registered VP-KBK 7.12.34 [C of R 37] to John Evans Carberry, Nyeri, Kenya. Re-registered 6.2.36 [C of R 37] to M Maxwell, Nanga Estate, Mitubiri, Kenya. Re-registered 31.12.36 [C of R 37] to African Air Services Ltd, Nairobi. Re-registered 27.5.37 to P.P. Whitmarsh, Nairobi.

Crashed 25.6.37 on take off at Nairobi-Wilson Airport, Nairobi, Kenya. Registration VP-KBK cancelled as "destroyed" 3rd Quarter of 1937 (=between 1.9.37 and 31.12.37)

Sources:

1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/BK_BAMco.pdf
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_VP-K.html
3. http://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/component/content/article/15-aeroplanes/93-register-other
4. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/vp-kaa_&_sy-aaa.pdf

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
24-Mar-2020 19:25 Dr. John Smith Added
21-Nov-2022 17:05 Dr. John Smith Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Category]

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