Country
Myanmar
code
Rakhine State

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim I in Prinedaung: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jun 28, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
L6632
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Location:
Prinedaung
Rakhine State (Arakan)
Country:
Myanmar
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in a pasture near Prinedaung. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Francis Gerald Oldfield Box, pilot,
Cpl Reginald Arnold Fish,
F/Sgt Thomas Harry White Seaward, observer,
LAC Howard Wallace Spratt, wireless operator.

Crash of a Fokker F7b/3m in Sandoway: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jun 7, 1931
Type of aircraft:
Fokker F7
Operator:
Registration:
PH-AEO
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Scheduled Revenue Flight
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Saigon – Yangon – Akyab – Calcutta – Allahabad – Agra – Basra – Cairo – Tripoli – Benghazi – Tunis – Algiers – Marseille – Paris
MSN:
5096
YOM:
1929
Location:
Sandoway
Rakhine State (Arakan)
Country:
Myanmar
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
En route from Yangon to Akyab, the crew encountered poor weather conditions. The aircraft entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in a river near Akyab, Burma. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Claude Beauregard, pilot,
Ange Bourgeois, pilot,
Olivier Leroux, radio navigator,
Pierre Patard, engineer.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.60M Moth near Toungup: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jul 3, 1930
Type of aircraft:
De Havilland DH.60 Moth
Operator:
Eric L. Hook
Registration:
G-AAWV
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Private
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Mountains
Schedule:
Akyab – Yangon
MSN:
1476
YOM:
1930
Location:
Toungup
Rakhine State (Arakan)
Country:
Myanmar
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The crew departed Lympne, Kent, on June 20 on a flight to Australia. While cruising from Akyab to Yangon, he encountered poor weather conditions with heavy rain falls when the aircraft crashed in wooded and hilly terrain in the Arakan Mountain Range near Toungup. Both occupants survived the accident and James Matthews departed the crash site to find help to assist Eric Laurence Hook who was injured. James Matthews found help more than seven days later and when he returned to the accident site, he realized that Eric Hook died from his injuries.
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