ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 28753
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| Date: | Wednesday 17 August 1960 |
| Time: | 23:45 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster B Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | Escadrille 4S, Aéronavale |
| Registration: | WU-26/55.S.4 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 20 / Occupants: 20 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near El Kelâa des Sraghna Marrakech-Tensift-El Haouz -
 Morocco
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Istres, Bouches-du-Rhône, France (LFMI) |
| Agadir Inezgane Airport, Agadir, Morocco (GMAA) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Avro Lancaster B.Mk.I RA797: Delivered to Aéronavale 8-9-1952. Became WU-26 and service with Escadrille 4S, Aéronavale
Written off (destroyed) 17-8-1960 - En route from Istres, France, to Agadir, Morocco, by night, the crew informed ATC about an engine fire and elected to divert to Casablanca Airport. Shortly later, the airplane crashed in flames on a hilly terrain near El Kelâa des Sraghna Marrakech-Tensift-El Haouz, killing all 20 occupants. (Five crew plus 15 passengers).
The reported crash site of El Kelaa des Sraghna (Arabic: قلعة السراغنة, sometimes spelled El Kelaa des Srarhna) is a town in central Morocco, at approximate Coordinates: 32°2′53″N 7°24′30″W
Sources:
1. Passauer Neue Presse 19 August 1960, p1
2. Lancaster RA797 Aircraft Movement Record Card (Air Ministry Form AM.78): http://lancasterbombersinfo.ipage.com/Data/Form-78s/Lancaster/RA574-RA806/mobile/index.html
3. https://www.baaa-acro.com/index.php/crash/crash-avro-683-lancaster-i-el-kelaa-des-sraghna-20-killed
4. http://www.planecrashinfo.com/1960/1960-43.htm
5. https://www.key.aero/article/maritime-majesty
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 20-May-2010 13:38 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 28-May-2010 04:44 | TB | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-May-2010 04:45 | TB | Updated [[Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]] |
| 29-Sep-2014 17:13 | TB | Updated [Source] |
| 25-Aug-2018 17:37 | TB | Updated [Operator] |
| 18-Jun-2021 18:49 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Registration, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Jun-2021 18:50 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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