ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 57353
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| Date: | Friday 6 September 1968 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  English Electric Canberra B Mk 2 |
| Owner/operator: | Rhodesian Air Force |
| Registration: | R2509 |
| MSN: | HP159B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sabie River, Manicaland -
 Zimbabwe
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | New Sarum, Rhodesia |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Ex-RAF Canberra B.2 WJ572: delivered to RAF 09/06/1953. Service with 21 and 27 Squadrons, RAF.
Sold and redelivered 10/03/1959 to Royal Rhodesian Air Force as RRAF168, later RRAF209, then R2059 in 1965
On 06/09/68 Canberra B2 R2509 of 5 Squadron, Rhodesian Air Force crashed into the Sabie River, Southern Rhodesia, neat the border with Mozambique when aircraft struck overhead wire. Both crew killed:
Fg Off P. W. L. Woolcock
A Plt Off I. B. Thomas
Sources:
http://rhodesianforces.org/AircraftIncidents.htm
http://web.archive.org/web/20171024161347/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Country-By-Country/Zimbabwe_Rhodesia.htm
http://www.ukserials.com/prodlists.php?type=989
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jan-2009 11:55 | ASN archive | Added |
| 05-Apr-2013 01:39 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Apr-2013 01:58 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Apr-2013 01:59 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn] |
| 09-Nov-2014 07:23 | Slizack | Updated [Operator] |
| 08-Jan-2021 09:49 | Lelek | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator] |
| 09-Apr-2022 00:45 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator] |
| 13-Apr-2022 17:11 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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