ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 333478
| Date: | Friday 6 October 1961 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Blackburn Beverley C.1 |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | XM110 |
| MSN: | 1046 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1958 |
| Engine model: | Bristol Centaurus 173 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | Bahrain International Airport (BAH) -
 Bahrain
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | - |
| - |
A bomb had been placed aboard the Beverley in Kuwait. It exploded after the flight back to Bahrain.
Sources:
Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
The Beverley Association
UK Serials Resource Centre
Location
Images:
photo (c) John Auger; Bahrain International Airport (BAH/OBBI); October 1961
photo (c) John Auger; Bahrain International Airport (BAH/OBBI); October 1961
photo (c) John Auger; Bahrain International Airport (BAH/OBBI); October 1961
photo (c) Tony King; Bahrain International Airport (BAH/OBBI); 1964
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