ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 179910
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| Date: | Wednesday 11 February 1920 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: | Vickers Vimy |
| Owner/operator: | South African Air Force |
| Registration: | G-UABA |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Korosko, 80 miles North of Wadi Halfa -
 Sudan
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Derna, Lybia |
| Wadi Halfa, Sudan | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crew left Brooklands, UK, for Derna on the night of 4 February 1920. Intended route was Brooklands-Derna-Wadi Halfa- Bulawayo-Cape Town. After eleven hours flight, aircraft encountered bad weather conditions over the Mediterranean Sea but landed without further problems in Derna, Lybia. On 11 February 1920, While approaching Wadi Halfa Airport in Sudan, crew encountered technical problems and aircraft crashed short of runway at Korosko, 80 miles to the North. Both pilots were injured as the aircraft named 'Silver Queen' was destroyed.
Crew:
Lieutenant Colonel Pierre Van Ryneveld
Lieutenant Quinton Brand.
Aircraft replaced by a second Vickers Vimy (F8615, named "Silver Queen II") which crashed 6.3.20 at Bulawayo, Rhodesia.
Sources:
1. http://web.archive.org/web/20170107164813/http://sapfa.org.za/history/1920s-london-cape-town
2. http://web.archive.org/web/20170503045305/http://www.baaa-acro.com:80/1920/archives/crash-of-a-vickers-vimy-in-wadi-halfa/
3. http://sthp.saha.org.za/memorial/articles/pioneers_of_the_african_skies.htm
4. https://www.thesouthafrican.com/today-in-history-first-air-flight-from-london-to-cape-town-in-1920/
5. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/zs-aaa.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Sep-2015 16:58 | gerard57 | Added |
| 21-Aug-2017 15:18 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Time, Registration, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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