A31-8

On December 8, 1941 at 12:00 AM, A31-8 experienced a crash involving De Havilland DH.86 Express, operated by Royal Australian Air Force - RAAF, with the event recorded near Egypt All Egypt.

The flight was categorized as ambulance and the reported phase was flight at a desert crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 3 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is terrorism act, hijacking, sabotage. The crew was performing an ambulance flight within Egypt when the twin engine aircraft was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in flames in the western Egyptian desert. While the aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and post crash fire, all three crew members were rescued.

Aircraft reference details include registration A31-8, MSN 2359, year of manufacture 1936.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 30.0293°, 31.2349°.