ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 27882
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| Date: | 28-JUN-1946 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide |
| Operator: | East African Airways |
| Registration: | VP-KCU |
| C/n / msn: | 6848 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Garsen Village Lamu, 130 miles N of Mombasa -
 Kenya
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Nairobi Dagoretti, Kenya |
| Mombasa, Kenya |
c/no.6848: Taken on charge as NR772 at De Havilland Witney 20.2.45 for refurbishment as Mk.II. Delivered week ending 1.7.45 and sold 12.7.45 to BOAC for East African Airways. Registered G-AGOX (CofR 9627) 31.5.45 to British Overseas Airways Corporation, Nairobi. CofA 7184 issued 4.7.45; ferried to Nairobi 12.7.45-19.7.45.
Registration cancelled 2.8.46 as 'sold abroad'. Registered in Kenya as VP-KCU 10.8.45 to East African Airways Corporation, Nairobi. Forced landed in bush after running out of fuel near Garsen, 130 miles north of Mombasa, 28.6.46 and aircraft abandoned; en route Nairobi to Mombasa.
My Father Dr C W Davies was landed in another De Havilland VP-KC* to rescue survivors - No deaths. Survived by drinking dew drops from the wings.
Sources:
Memoirs of Dr C W DAVIES --supplied by Dr R A DAVIES
http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AGOX.pdf
http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh89.pdf
http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/vp-kaa.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Dragon_Rapide
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 14-Jun-2011 22:10 | dicdic | Updated [Total occupants, Location, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 30-Dec-2011 08:47 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Total fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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