ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 223202
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| Date: | Sunday 16 May 1943 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | Eastleigh CF KAAU |
| Registration: | K8 (VP-KCR) |
| MSN: | 6413 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Tanga Airport, Tanga, Tanga Region, Tanganyika -
 Tanzania
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Eastleigh, Nairobi, Kenya |
| Tanga Airport, Tanga, Tanganyika (TGT/HTTG) |
C/no. 6413: C of A 6358 issued 23.7.38; delivered 30.7.38. (2 x Gipsy Six engines #6864/6865). First registered as VP-KCR 16.8.38 to Wilson Airways Ltd, Nairobi, Kenya (C of R 68)
Impressed into the Kenya Auxiliary Air Unit (KAAU) as "K8" 4.9.39. Operated by Eastleigh Communications Flight, Eastleigh, Nairobi, Kenya.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed into earth mound on landing at Tanga Airport, Tanga, Tanga Region, Tanganyika,(now Tanzania) 16.5.43 (at approximate coordinates 5°5′31.52″S 39°4′18″E). Struck off charge 30.6.43 as Cat.E(FA)
Sources:
1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_VP-K.html
3. http://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/aeroplanes/15-aeroplanes/93-register-other
4. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/vp-kaa_&_sy-aaa.pdf
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanga_Airport
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Mar-2019 21:55 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 09-Jul-2019 16:22 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 27-Nov-2019 14:31 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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