ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18735
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| Date: | Wednesday 3 December 1947 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89a Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | Franco-British Commercial & Industrial Co Ltd |
| Registration: | G-AJFN |
| MSN: | 6520 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kosti, White Nile State -
 Sudan
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Croydon Airport, London (EGCR) |
| Antananarivo, Madagascar | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
c/no.6520: Taken on charge as X7347 under Contract No B.104592/40 at 18 MU 25.4.41. To 59 OTU Crosby 15.6.41. To 4 Signal School Madley 12.12.41. To 59 OTU Milfield 31.12.41. To De Havilland Witney for major inspection 10.10.43; to 18 MU 12.2.44. To 44 Group Communications Flight, Staverton 22.2.44. To 1 Ferry Unit Pershore 1.8.46. To 18 MU 21.8.46.
Sold 19.2.47 to Field Aircraft Services Ltd. Registered as G-AJFN (C of R 11253) 29.1.47 to Field Aircraft Services Ltd, Croydon. Registration cancelled 29.4.47 as "sold abroad as OO-CDE". (This Belgian registration not taken up.)
Restored to G-AJFN 15.7.47 to Franco-British Commercial & Industrial Co Ltd, London W.1 [based at Croydon]. C of A 8982 issued 23.7.47.
Destroyed by fire whilst parked at Kosti Airfield, White Nile State, Sudan 3.11.47 on delivery flight to Air Madagascar; named “Majunga”. Registration cancelled 3.12.47.
Sources:
1. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh89.pdf
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AJFN.pdf
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosti,_Sudan
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 28-Dec-2011 11:20 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 06-Feb-2018 01:06 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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