ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 301505
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| Date: | Saturday 13 September 1930 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Avro 616 Avian IVM |
| Owner/operator: | TUC Sqn SAAF |
| Registration: | SAAF 508 |
| MSN: | 338 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Zwartkop Air Station, Centurion, Tshwane, Gauteng -
 South Africa
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | SAAF Zwartkop, Centurion, Tshwane, Gauteng (FASK) |
c/no 338 Avro 616 Avian IVM: No UK C of A issued. To SAAF as '508' with the TUC Squadron, Zwartkop
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed at Zwartkop Air Station, Old Johannesburg Road, Valhalla, Centurion, Tshwane, Gauteng, South Africa 13.9.30; reported by one source (see link #4) collided with another aircraft at low level, and pilot killed, quote:
"Killed in an aircraft related accident, Avian IVM #508, collided with SE5a, at Zwartkop Air Station. Son of Mrs. A.A. King of Pretoria. ref. 85 years of SAAF. Estate file reference: MHG 73072, dated 1930, for John Robert Allan KING, in the National Archives, Pretoria".
Pilot, Cadet John Robert Allan King (Service Number P1/5681) killed. (Buried at Rebecca Street Cemetery, Pretoria, South Africa)
Sources:
1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/avian.pdf
2. https://www.saairforce.co.za/the-airforce/aircraft/103/avian-ivm-type-616
3. http://www.saafa.co.za/images/roll_of_honour.pdf p.16
4. https://southafricawargraves.org/lists/saborder_k.htm
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Force_Base_Swartkop
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