Delivery

The aircraft, still registered in Bolivia, was bought last July 21 by Loide Aéreo Nacional of Brazil to Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano (LAB Airlines) and has to be delivered to Rio de Janeiro. Shortly after takeoff from Cochabamba-Jorge Wilsterman Airport, while in initial climb, the airplane hit a tree and crashed in flames. All seven occupants were killed.

The crew was performing a delivery flight from Croydon to Reykjavik with intermediate stops in Liverpool and Prestwick. While approaching Liverpool from the east, the pilot encountered poor weather conditions and lost his orientation. While flying in poor visibility, the twin engine aircraft hit the slope of a mountain located in Crow Stone Edge, southwest of Sheffield, in the Peak District National Park. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and all three occupants were killed.
Crew:
Pall Magnusson, pilot,
Alexander Watson, wireless operator.
Passenger:
Johann Rist.

The Solent left England to be delivered to Australia and had a dual registration VH-TOA and G-AKNO. Shortly after takeoff from the Marsaxlokk Bay in Malta, the aircraft stalled, hit the water surface, overturned and sank. A passenger was killed while all other occupants were rescued. The aircraft was lost.

The Catalina flying boat was the first of six to be handed over from the US Navy to the Dutch Navy, MLD. It was ferried to the Aviolanda factory and landed in the Oude Maas River off Papendrecht. The Catalina drifted to the right after touchdown landing, so the pilot added power on the right engine that failed to respond immediately. The pilot then added full power on both engines in order to go around. Before it was able to lift off, the Catalina struck the ground, ran onto solid ground and sustained substantial damage. All three crew members were uninjured but the aircraft was considered as damaged beyond repair.
Source & photos: ASN & H. Dekker.

Crashed in unknown circumstances in Ras Matarma. The occupant's fate remains unknown. Christened 'Nefertity', the twin engine aircraft left Wichita a day earlier and was on a delivery flight to Egypt when the accident occurred.

Crashed in unknown circumstances near Paris while on an apparent delivery flight to Israel. The occupant fate remains unknown.

Nine crew members (pilots from the Douglas Aircraft Corporation and engineers of AECA) were completing a delivery flight from the US to Guayaquil. On final approach, the aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances on a river bank located few dozen yards short of runway 21 threshold. Two crew members were killed while seven others were injured.

The crew was in charge to deliver the aircraft to the Israel Air Force. En route, the single engine aircraft hit a mountain and crashed near Mostar. The crew fate remains unknown and the registration is unconfirmed.

The Uruguayan Air Force was taking delivery of nine Beechcraft AT-11 Kansan and two Douglas C-47 that were transferred that day to their base in Montevideo. On the leg from Florianópolis to Montevideo, the aircraft suffered a fuel exhaustion and the crew elected to make an emergency landing when the aircraft stalled and crashed on a hilly terrain located near Osorio. The aircraft was destroyed while all three crew members were injured.

The Uruguayan Air Force was taking delivery of nine Beechcraft AT-11 Kansan and two Douglas C-47 that were transferred that day to their base in Montevideo. On the leg from Florianópolis to Montevideo, the aircraft suffered a fuel exhaustion and the crew elected to make an emergency landing when the aircraft hit trees and crashed in flames in a wooded area located near Osorio. The aircraft was destroyed and all three crew members were killed.