Pretoria – Malakal – Khartoum – Cairo – London

On April 17, 1947 at 07:30 PM, Pretoria – Malakal – Khartoum – Cairo – London experienced a crash involving Lockheed PV-1 Ventura, operated by South African Air Force, with the event recorded near Aljammalab White Nile (<U+0627><U+0644><U+0646><U+064A><U+0644> <U+0627><U+0644><U+0623><U+0628><U+064A><U+0636>).

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

15 people were known to be on board, 15 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 11, passenger fatalities: 11, other fatalities: 0.

Enroute to Khartoum, the twin engine aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances near Aljammalab, about 100 km southwest of Khartoum. The aircraft was destroyed and all 15 occupants were killed. All of them were pilots flying to UK to take deliver of Spitfire for the SAAF. Crew: Maj Frederick Welgemoed, pilot, Lt Hermanus Gerhardus van Rooyen, copilot, Petrus Andries Burger, flight engineer, Cpl Leslie Donovan Case, wireless operator. Passengers: Maj Andrew Christian Bosman, pilot, Cpt Hendrik Christoffel Weideman Liebenberg, pilot, Lt Ronald Leslie Crisp, pilot, Lt Jacobus Stephanus Gericke, pilot, Lt Robert Cecil Hirst, pilot, Lt Hermanus Johannes Kritzinger, pilot, Lt John Jurie Landman, pilot, Lt Peter David Nelson, pilot, Lt Peter Nicolay, pilot, Lt Norman Peter Prinsloo, pilot.

Aircraft reference details include registration 6501.