ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 25866
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| Date: | Monday 1 October 1956 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro 652A Anson Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | Airspray East Africa Ltd |
| Registration: | VP-KJK |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kitale, Rift Valley Province -
 Kenya
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Nairobi, Kenya |
| Kitale, Kenya | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Ex-RAF Anson Mk.1 AX232. First Civil registered as G-AIRX 23.10.46 to Aerial Transit Co Ltd, Croydon. Registration cancelled 27.3.47. Re-registered 8.4.47 to Martin Hearn Ltd., Wirral, Cheshire. Registration cancelled 12.7.47. Re-registered 16.7.47 to North Sea Aerial Trasnsport Ltd., Brough, Yorkshire. Registration cancelled 12.1.52.
Registered (CofR 241) on Kenyan Civil Register as VP-KJK on 9.6.52 to Airwork Ltd, London W1/Arusha, Tanganyika. Regd (CofR 241A) 14.2.54 to Noon & Pearce Air Charters Ltd, Nairobi. Regd (CofR 241B) 16.1.56 to Airspray (EA) Ltd, Nairobi.
Written off when destroyed in a fatal crash at Kitale, Rift Valley Province, Kenya, on 1.10.56 at approximate coordinates: 1°01′N, 35°00′E. Registration cancelled 8.11.56.
Sources:
http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/vp-kaa.pdf
http://web.archive.org/web/20151124050008/http://www.baaa-acro.com:80/Pays/K/Kenya.htm
http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AIRX.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitale
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 16-Mar-2012 09:50 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Apr-2012 10:57 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Apr-2022 07:41 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 15-May-2022 03:12 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator] |
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