ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 27553
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| Date: | Friday 29 January 1932 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | de Havilland DH.66 Hercules |
| Owner/operator: | Imperial Airways Ltd |
| Registration: | G-AAJH |
| MSN: | 393 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia -
 Zimbabwe
|
| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Almaza Airfield, Almaza, north east of Cairo |
| Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
First registered 29.6.29 to Imperial Airways, Croydon Airport, Croydon, Surrey; named "City of Basra".
The aircraft was operating the first regular northbound service from South Africa to Great Britain. When taxiing, a wheel sunk into soft earth where an anthill had recently been removed, and it was damaged.
Registration G-AAJH cancelled 2.4.1934 when sold to the South African Air Force: became SAAF 260, scrapped in 1943
Sources:
1. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AAJH.pdf
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A.html
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Hercules
4. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/75-register-gb-g-aa
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 04-Nov-2012 03:18 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 06-Nov-2017 23:39 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Nov-2019 20:30 | harro | Updated [Narrative] |
| 04-Apr-2020 12:56 | Sergey L. | Updated [Phase] |
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