ASN Aircraft accident Blackburn Beverley C.1 XL151 Aden
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Date:Tuesday 11 October 1960
Type:Silhouette image of generic bevl model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Blackburn Beverley C.1
Operator:Royal Air Force - RAF
Registration: XL151
MSN: 1037
First flight: 1957-09-11 (3 years 1 months)
Engines: 4 Bristol Centaurus 173
Crew:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:near Aden (   Yemen)
Phase: Unknown (UNK)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:?
Destination airport:?
Narrative:
The Beverley departed on a rescue search mission for a Somali Air Force Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor plane which was overdue on a flight from Berbera, Somalia to Aden, Yemen with eight on board.
The Beverley flew into a sand dune at night and crashed.

Sources:
» Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
» The Beverley Association
» UK Serials Resource Centre
» Passauer Neue Presse 14 October 1960, p2


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