ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 223658
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| Date: | Thursday 30 October 1947 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | airplane |
| Owner/operator: | Egyptian Air Force (EAF) |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Cairo -
 Egypt
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Egyptian Air Force plane crashed outside Cairo (Vin Shad Radouan) while spraying the outskirts of the capital with DDT as part of the campaign to exterminate cholera-carrying flies. The plane hit a telephon pole and crash-landed in a swamp nearby. Pilot slightly injured. Type Oxford/Anson possible.
Sources:
The Straits Times 1 November 1947, p1
Sunday Tribune (Singapore) 2 November 1947, p11
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Apr-2019 20:24 | TB | Added |
| 02-Apr-2019 09:21 | TB | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
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