ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 222743
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| Date: | Tuesday 26 July 1955 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | Arab Contracting & Trading Co t/a Saad Transport |
| Registration: | OD-ABL |
| MSN: | 6672 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Baghdad West Airfield, Baghdad -
 Iraq
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Baghdad West Airport, Baghdad, Iraq |
| Beirut, Lebanon | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
C/no. 6672: Taken on charge as HG673 against Contract No.6/Acft/2580/C20a at 18 MU RAF Dumfries 2.12.43. To 4 Radio School, RAF Madley 14.2.44; coded "TML-A". To 5 MU RAF Kemble 2.12.46 for storage pending disposal.
Sold 27.8.47 to Airwork Ltd. Registered as G-AKEU (C of R 11858) 5.9.47 to Airwork Ltd., London W1. Re-registered 29.9.47 to Iraq Petroleum Transport Co Ltd, Haifa, Palestine. C of A 9781 issued 3.6.48. C of A lapsed 8.11.50.
Registration G-AKEU cancelled 21.6.51 as "sold abroad - Lebanon". Registered OD-ABL 9.7.51 to Arab Contracting & Trading Co t/a Saad Transport, Beirut, Lebanon.
Written off (Destroyed by fire) 26.7.55 whilst refuelling at Baghdad West Airfield, Baghdad, Iraq
Sources:
1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AKEU.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p066.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Mar-2019 18:06 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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