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Date: | Sunday 26 September 1948 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Handley Page Halifax B.VII |
Owner/operator: | 298 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | PN256 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Mauripur, Karachi, Sindh Province. -
Pakistan
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Mauripur, Karachi, Sindh Province |
Destination airport: | RAF Mauripur, Karachi, Sindh Province |
Narrative:Written off 26.9.1948: On landing in RAF Mauripur, Karachi, Sindh Province, Pakistan, the aircraft went out of control, veered off runway and collided with a hut. There were no casualties but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
NOTE: Most published sources state the Halifax PN256 was with 298 Squadron RAF at the time of the crash. However, 298 Squadron disbanded at RAF Mauripur in December 1946 - almost two years earlier.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.68. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain)
3.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/14415433@N02/7420387922/in/album-72157630237914772/ 4.
https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-handley-page-hp63-halifax-vii-mauripur Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
21-Sep-2013 02:40 |
JINX |
Added |
09-Mar-2017 16:10 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
09-Mar-2017 16:27 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Source] |
12-Mar-2017 01:47 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Aircraft type, Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
12-Mar-2017 01:48 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Narrative] |
01-Nov-2018 15:51 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
27-Oct-2019 17:06 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
29-Oct-2019 00:57 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source] |