ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 28136
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| Date: | Tuesday 3 September 1968 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Avro Nineteen II |
| Owner/operator: | Mercy Mission |
| Registration: | G-AWMG |
| MSN: | 276926 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Uzuakoli, Biafra -
 Nigeria
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Ambulance |
| Departure airport: | Santa Isabel Fernando Poo |
| Uzuakoli, Biafra | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Converted from RAF Avro Anson T.21 VV958. Civil registered as G-AWMG 23 July 1968 to "John Mitchell Smith trustee of the assets of the Mercy Mission". Crashed at the Methodist Leprosy Settlement at Uzuakoli, Biafra 3 September 1968.While air-dropping milk-powder aircraft was struck by small-arms fire striking the fuel line.Unable to maintain flight on one engine the aircraft struck a ridge and crashed.
Civil registration G-AWMG cancelled by the CAA on 3 September 1968 as "Destroyed"
Sources:
1. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1017756/
2. https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?87766-Biafran-Anson
3. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VV
4. Air Pictorial March 1969
5. CAA: https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AWMG.pdf
6. https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?87766-Biafran-Anson
Shadows,Airlift and Airwar in Biafra and Nigeria
Michael I Draper
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 27-Oct-2011 06:27 | Masen63 | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 15-Dec-2011 15:37 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Dec-2011 15:54 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Mar-2012 14:13 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Sep-2017 20:51 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Jan-2019 13:41 | Cobar | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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