Crash of a Lockheed C-60A-5-LO LodeStar in Khartoum: 1 killed

Date & Time: Sep 15, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
42-55921
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
18-2336
YOM:
1943
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
On rotation, the aircraft stalled, hit the runway surface and veered off before coming to rest. The captain Thomas L. Eyre was killed in the accident while all other occupants were injured.
Probable cause:
The loss of control was caused by an engine failure.

Crash of a Lockheed L-414 Hudson VI in Khartoum: 16 killed

Date & Time: Jun 30, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
FK618
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Khartoum – Takoradi
MSN:
414-7094
YOM:
1943
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
13
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
16
Circumstances:
Shortly after take off, while climbing, the aircraft stalled and crashed in a desert area near the airport. All 16 occupants were killed. It is possible that the aircraft was overloaded at the time of the accident.
Crew:
Sgt C. M. Adams, pilot,
Sgt G. S. Antrobus, pilot,
Cpt M. F. Attwell.
Passengers:
Sgt A. L. Carruthers,
F/O J. I. Douglas,
Sgt J. S. Eason,
F/Sgt Walerian Mislag,
F/O C. S. Nicholls,
F/Sgt C. G. Pay,
W/O C. G. Pinkney,
F/Sgt H. Ross,
W/O J. E. Sendall,
Sgt V. Wade,
F/Lt J. J. Wojciechowski,
F/Sgt A. Wright,
F/Sgt G. J. Yule.

Crash of a Lockheed L-414 Hudson VI in Khartoum: 17 killed

Date & Time: Jun 16, 1943 at 0835 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
FK459
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Takoradi – Khartoum
MSN:
414-6935
YOM:
1943
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
14
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
17
Circumstances:
The twin engine aircraft was performing a flight to Khartoum on behalf of the Royal Air Force. On final approach, at a height of 800 feet, pilots completed a last turn to the left to join the glide slope when the aircraft banked left, stalled and crashed in a huge explosion. A passenger was seriously injured while all 16 other occupants were killed. A day later, the only survivor died from his injuries.
Crew:
P/O George Edward Harris, pilot,
Sgt James Lissett, copilot,
Sgt Brian James Cox, wireless operator and air gunner.
Passengers:
Sgt Douglas Elliott Guy Brown,
F/Sgt John Creighton,
W/O Neil Francis Gray,
F/Sgt Grochowski,
Sgt James Sidney Harris,
F/Sgt Albert Partington,
F/Sgt Samuel Leonard Pointon,
W/O Charles Matthew Raven,
S/L George Michael Roddy,
Sgt Ronald William Smith,
F/Sgt Stankowiak,
Francis Charles Tanner,
F/Sgt Tetnowsky,
W/O Tonczak.
Probable cause:
Fuel starvation, probably caused by a partial air lock due to surging of petrol in near empty tanks, was thought to have caused the port engine to cut during the last turn to the left.

Crash of a Bristol 130 Bombay I in Khartoum

Date & Time: Dec 7, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
L5832
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
While taxiing, the aircraft went out of control, veered off taxiway and came to rest. All crew escaped uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of a Bristol 130 Bombay I in Dawaki

Date & Time: Nov 20, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
L5828
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Khartoum – Kano
MSN:
SH.21
YOM:
1939
Location:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
While approaching Kano, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with low visibility. The captain reduced his altitude in an attempt to make an emergency landing when the aircraft collided with trees and crash landed in Dawaki, northwest of Kano. All four crew members escaped uninjured and the airplane was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV near Khartoum

Date & Time: Nov 10, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
V6144
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Schedule:
Wadi Gazouza - Wadi Gazouza
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew departed Wadi Gazouza on a training flight. An engine failure forced the pilot to make an emergency landing some 55 miles east-southeast of Khartoum. The airplane was damaged beyond repair and all four crew members were injured.
Crew:
Sgt Stanley John Prentice, pilot,
Sgt Brian Warren Engall, observer,
Sgt Allan Wentworth Thomas, wireless operator,
Sgt William Stevenson, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Engine failure in flight.

Crash of a Lockheed 14-WF62 Super Electra near Khartoum

Date & Time: Aug 4, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
G-AFGP
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Cairo – Khartoum - Leopoldville
MSN:
1469
YOM:
1938
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
While descending to Khartoum Airport, the pilot encountered an unexpected situation and was forced to attempt an emergency landing. The twin engine airplane crash landed and was damaged beyond repair. There were no casualties among the occupants.

Crash of a Fairey IIIF in Atbara: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jan 27, 1936
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
K1776
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Port Sudan – Khartoum
MSN:
F.1475
YOM:
1931
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
2
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
En route from Port Sudan to Khartoum, the pilot encountered marginal weather conditions with several cloud layers. In flight, he lost control of the airplane that entered a dive and crashed near Atbara, bursting into flames. All three occupants were killed.
Crew:
Sylvanus George Connolly,
Philip Vaughan Edwards,
Frank Campling.

Crash of a General Aircraft ST-25 Monospar Jubilee in Addis Alem

Date & Time: Dec 26, 1935
Registration:
G-ADTE
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Khartoum – Addis Abeba
MSN:
59
YOM:
1935
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Both occupants, Ursula Eileen Lloyd and Charles Lloyd departed Khartoum on December 24 on a flight to Addis Abeba. En route, an engine failure forced the crew to make an emergency landing in Addis Alem, some 40 km west of Addis Abeba. After some repairs, the couple took off on December 26 for Addis Abeba. Unfortunately, the aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff. Both occupants were injured.

Crash of a Fairey IIIF in Wau: 1 killed

Date & Time: Sep 16, 1932
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
J9792
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Khartoum – Wau
MSN:
F.1192
YOM:
1928
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Khartoum on a flight to Wau. Upon arrival, while trying to land on the Nile River, the airplane crashed. Two occupants were rescued and the third one was killed.