ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 29038
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| Date: | Saturday 31 December 1949 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Avro 652A Anson Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | Caspar Air Charters |
| Registration: | VP-KEO |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Wilson Airport, Nairobi -
 Kenya
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Survey |
| Departure airport: | Aden, Yemen |
| Wilson Airport, Nairobi, Kenya (WIL/HKNW) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Ex RAF Anson Mk.1 EG499; First civil registerd 17/4/1946 to CL Air Servies Ltd, Doncaster as G-AHKG. (Registered owners address was in South Kensington, London SW7; aircraft's identity mis-recorded as "EG449"). Regsitration G-AHKG cancelled 28/10/1947 as "now VP-KEO". To Kenyan CL Airways Associate Clairways Ltd., Nairobi, as VP-KEO
Aircraft operated on a thrice-weekly cargo service between Aden (now Yemen) and Wilson Airport, Nairobi, Kenya, as well as survey work being undertaken at the time - baseline surveys by the Directorate of Colonial Surveys (later the Directorate of Overseas Surveys) on behalf of the FCO (Foreign & Commonweslth Office) as there was a complete lack of accurate mapping for that area.
Written off 31/12/1949 when crash landed at Wilson Airport, Nairobi, Kenya for unknown reason. The pilot was unhurt while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair. Registration VP-KEO formally cancelled 12/6/1953 as "RTS" ("Reduced to Spares"
Sources:
1. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AHKG.pdf
2. https://www.airphotographicinternational.com/products/vp-keo-avro-652-anson-1clairwaystaborakenya-c1950
3. http://britishaviation-ptp.com/avro652_3.html
4. https://www.baaa-acro.com/index.php/crash/crash-avro-652a-anson-i-nairobi
5. https://www.key.aero/forum/historic-aviation/c-l-air-surveys-ltd
6. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/vp-kaa_&_sy-aaa.pdf
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson_Airport#History
8. The Anson File (Ray Sturtivant, Air Brtiain, 1988 p.296
9. World Directory of Airliner Crashed/Terry Denham
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 17-Mar-2012 01:31 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 09-Nov-2017 19:27 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Total fatalities, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Apr-2021 16:16 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Apr-2022 07:41 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type] |
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