Avro Anson G-AGUX
Date: 15 December 1951
Airline/owner: ?
Location: near Villa Cisneros*, Sahara Español/ Sahara Occidental.
[*currently Dakhla/Dajla, reclaimed by República Árabe Saharahui Democrática, ocuped post 1976 by Mauritania an later by Morocco. Ultimate UN Assembly (2025) gifted all ex-Spanish “Western Sahara” to Morocco Kingdom.
G-AGUX fly with Railway Air Services, later BEA/Fairey (probably descarted off fleet).
Unknown owner when accident in 1951. Probably in fly south or north bound along west Africa with scale in Villa Cisneros, El Aium and Gran Canaria Island…
Presumible cause: fuel shortage o engine troubleshoting.
1955_G-AGUX repaired (where?), airworthy again (UK ?)
28 october1958_Spanish Civil Register EC-ALF bought by particular (lieutenant colonel Mario Ureña Jiménez.Coronado, Air Army, military destination in the aforementioned area).
Seen Bournemouth (UK) in new colours (spanish flag and register).
Early 1959_EC-ALF bought by Rodolfo Bay Wright, IBERIA´s pilot an later founder of SPANTAX (Spain Air Taxis). Seen in scale in Tenerife-Los Rodeos bound to Madrid.
SPANTAX fly EC-ALF with personal and oil prospection supplies from Gran Canaria into Spanish Sahara for some companies.
26 November 1960. EC-ALF folded one “leg” while take off run. Again Villa Cisneros airstrip! Written off. No victims. Later scraped here.
[Some infomation from Francisco Andreu (AviationCorner.net) and others public webs]
Looking at the photos of Mr. Ian Smith:
Notice broken tail wheel and stabilicer (later repaired). Hard and stony terrain (not lovely high sand dunes as other parts of Sahara). Mediun truck for rescue/transport.
Notice fly over G-AGUX, C.A.S.A-Junkers JU-52/3m [licensed and build Construcciones Aeronáuticas Sociedad Anónima, CASA C-352L] First fly in 1944, 170 constructed. I dont now if the tree engne plane landed for rescue.
Notice smoke canister, passengers civil clothes (european style). British pilot with cap? Left man dressed with pilot jacket fur lined collar (Italian/Spanish Air Army style). Others dressed in Air Army dairy ligh jacket and “latine” look.
Notice friendly camel (dromedary) with friendly local “Saharauis”. Mostly wear white cotton tunic, short “trousers” and black or dark blue turbans like “Tuaregs”. Sometimes frizzy hair (Churchill’s Sudanese “derviches” old stile). Mostly not sandals daily. Youg man or servants wear other clothes and shor hair, not turbans.
Notice heavy luggage transportation on dromedary, desert style, not in available truck, probably to give a reward to locals [from times of french Latecoere Line (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry…) when forced landings occurred in Spanish Sahara, spanish authorities “rescued” foreing french aviators with friendly negotiations -and some cups of tea- with the nomads who own the “desert”.
Regards.
Avro Anson G-AGUX
Date: 15 December 1951
Airline/owner: ?
Location: near Villa Cisneros*, Sahara Español/ Sahara Occidental.
[*currently Dakhla/Dajla, reclaimed by República Árabe Saharahui Democrática, ocuped post 1976 by Mauritania an later by Morocco. Ultimate UN Assembly (2025) gifted all ex-Spanish “Western Sahara” to Morocco Kingdom.
G-AGUX fly with Railway Air Services, later BEA/Fairey (probably descarted off fleet).
Unknown owner when accident in 1951. Probably in fly south or north bound along west Africa with scale in Villa Cisneros, El Aium and Gran Canaria Island…
Presumible cause: fuel shortage o engine troubleshoting.
1955_G-AGUX repaired (where?), airworthy again (UK ?)
28 october1958_Spanish Civil Register EC-ALF bought by particular (lieutenant colonel Mario Ureña Jiménez.Coronado, Air Army, military destination in the aforementioned area).
Seen Bournemouth (UK) in new colours (spanish flag and register).
Early 1959_EC-ALF bought by Rodolfo Bay Wright, IBERIA´s pilot an later founder of SPANTAX (Spain Air Taxis). Seen in scale in Tenerife-Los Rodeos bound to Madrid.
SPANTAX fly EC-ALF with personal and oil prospection supplies from Gran Canaria into Spanish Sahara for some companies.
26 November 1960. EC-ALF folded one “leg” while take off run. Again Villa Cisneros airstrip! Written off. No victims. Later scraped here.
[Some infomation from Francisco Andreu (AviationCorner.net) and others public webs]
Looking at the photos of Mr. Ian Smith:
Notice broken tail wheel and stabilicer (later repaired). Hard and stony terrain (not lovely high sand dunes as other parts of Sahara). Mediun truck for rescue/transport.
Notice fly over G-AGUX, C.A.S.A-Junkers JU-52/3m [licensed and build Construcciones Aeronáuticas Sociedad Anónima, CASA C-352L] First fly in 1944, 170 constructed. I dont now if the tree engne plane landed for rescue.
Notice smoke canister, passengers civil clothes (european style). British pilot with cap? Left man dressed with pilot jacket fur lined collar (Italian/Spanish Air Army style). Others dressed in Air Army dairy ligh jacket and “latine” look.
Notice friendly camel (dromedary) with friendly local “Saharauis”. Mostly wear white cotton tunic, short “trousers” and black or dark blue turbans like “Tuaregs”. Sometimes frizzy hair (Churchill’s Sudanese “derviches” old stile). Mostly not sandals daily. Youg man or servants wear other clothes and shor hair, not turbans.
Notice heavy luggage transportation on dromedary, desert style, not in available truck, probably to give a reward to locals [from times of french Latecoere Line (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry…) when forced landings occurred in Spanish Sahara, spanish authorities “rescued” foreing french aviators with friendly negotiations -and some cups of tea- with the nomads who own the “desert”.
Regards.
Thank you for your very comprehensive notes about the Avro Anson. You don’t happen to know anything about the Hotel du Parc?