ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 341622
| Date: | Monday 8 December 1941 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | de Havilland DH.86B Express |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Australian Air Force - RAAF |
| Registration: | A31-8 |
| MSN: | 2359 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | Western desert -
 Egypt
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Shot down and crashed. A fire erupted but the three crew members of the ambulance aircraft survived.
Sources:
De Havilland full production list
Australian Military Aircraft Serials and Aircraft History web site
Australian War Memorial
Images:
photo (c) unknown; desert; 08 December 1941; (publicdomain)
photo (c) unknown; desert; 08 December 1941; (publicdomain)
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