ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 222893
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| Date: | Sunday 8 August 1948 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | Skyways (East Africa) Ltd |
| Registration: | VP-KFW |
| MSN: | 6545 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Plaine Magnien near Mahébourg -
 Mauritius
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Eastleigh, Nairobi, Kenya |
| Plaine Magnien near Mahébourg, Mauritius | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
C/no. 6545: Taken on charge as X7385 under Contract No B.104592/40 at 18 MU RAF Dumfries 21.7.41. (2 x Gipsy Queen III engines #70089/70090) To CFS, Upavon 14.8.41. To 4 AOS West Freugh 15.5.42. To 18 MU Dumfries 17.9.42. To 4 Radio School RAF Madley 19.4.43. To De Havilland for maintenance 5.1.45. To Flight Refuelling Ltd., Tarrant Rushton, Dorset 11.5.45.
Sold to Flight Refuelling Ltd 28.3.46. Registered as G-AHFJ (C of R 10008) 25.3.46 to Skyways Ltd, London EC.1 (aircraft based at Langley, Buckinghamshire); named "Sky Trail". C of A 7592 issued 28.5.46 [applied for by W.A. Rollason Ltd]. Sold 26.6.48.
Registered in Kenya as VP-KFW (C of R 151) 30.6.48 to Skyways (East Africa) Ltd.
Written off (damaged beond repair) 8.8.48 when crashed on landing at Plaine Magnien near Mahébourg, Mauritius, whilst on delivery flight (still marked as G-AHFJ). Registration G-AHFJ cancelled as "written off 28.10.48"
Sources:
1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AHFJ.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p065.html
4. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/vp-kaa_&_sy-aaa.pdf
5. https://web.archive.org/web/20130129201618/http://aml.mru.aero/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33&Itemid=51
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Mar-2019 20:44 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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