| Date: | Sunday 19 April 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | de Havilland DH.86 Express |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Australian Air Force - RAAF |
| Registration: | A31-3 |
| MSN: | 2326 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | OT |
| Location: | Cairo-Heliopolis RAF Station -
 Egypt
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | - |
| - |
The DH.86 Express A31-3 was destroyed at RAF Heliopolis, Cairo Egypt. The aircraft was parked in a dispersal site beside the runway when it was hit by an RAF Beaufighter which had lost an engine on takeoff and swung off the runway. Both aircraft were destroyed in the ensuing fire.
Sources:
ADF-SERIALS
De Havilland full production list
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