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Date: | Thursday 31 May 1951 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland DH.90 Dragonfly |
Owner/operator: | Witwatersrand Technical College |
Registration: | ZS-AIK |
MSN: | 7535 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Rustenburg Airfield, near Rustenburg, North West province -
South Africa
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Rustenburg Airfield, Rustenburg (FARG) |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:c/no 7535 (Gipsy Major #8731/8732): To De Havilland South Africa with C of A 5704 issued 4.11.36. Registered as ZS-AIK 18.12.36 to Witwatersrand Technical College. Also reported as having been owned by Anglo-American Corporation c.1937 and loaned to/operated by Rhodesian & Nyasaland Airways. Impressed into military service as SAAF 1408 in 1940. Restored as ZS-AIK post war (=after 8.5.45).
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed on takeoff at Rustenburg Airfield, near Rustenburg, North West province, South Africa 31.5.51
Sources:
1.
https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH90.pdf 2.
https://www.dehavilland.co.za/DH90_Dragonfly.html 3.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p075.html 4.
https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-south-africa-register 5.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rustenburg_Airfield Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
14-Nov-2022 21:47 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
14-Nov-2022 21:50 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Narrative] |
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