Date:	Wednesday 20 November 1946
Time:
Type:	Avro 685 York C.1
Owner/operator:	Royal Air Force - RAF
Registration:	MW205
MSN:
Engine model:	Rolls-Royce Merlin
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	64 km S of Suez -   Egypt
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Shaibah RAF Station
Destination airport:	Cairo-Almaza Air Base (HEAZ)

Narrative:
The Avro York took off on a flight to Almaza Egypt, the ultimate destination being the UK.
The aircraft flew into a 2,000 foot hill some fifty miles from Cairo and off track. All on board the plane died in the accident.
They were:
Flt/Lt DB Sinclair RAFVR, pilot.
Flt/Lt GM Ryan RNZAF, co-pilot.
Flt/Lt HT Hanbury RAF.
Flt/Lt TO O'Carroll RAF.
Wt/Offr AE Thomas RAFVR.
Wt/Offr SC Thompson RAF.

RAF.Org. Casualties 1946
Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley

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