Cashel South African Air Force Alouette crash
On 23 December 1975, an Aérospatiale Alouette III helicopter of the South African Air Force carrying a two-man crew and four Rhodesian Army officers crashed near Cashel in Rhodesia after it collided with a hawser cable mid-flight. The accident dealt a severe blow to the Rhodesian Security Forces, then fighting bitterly against ZANLA and ZIPRA insurgents in the Rhodesian Bush War, for the officers involved were some of its best and would prove difficult to replace.
Wikipage redirect
Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage
primaryTopic
Cashel South African Air Force Alouette crash
On 23 December 1975, an Aérospatiale Alouette III helicopter of the South African Air Force carrying a two-man crew and four Rhodesian Army officers crashed near Cashel in Rhodesia after it collided with a hawser cable mid-flight. The accident dealt a severe blow to the Rhodesian Security Forces, then fighting bitterly against ZANLA and ZIPRA insurgents in the Rhodesian Bush War, for the officers involved were some of its best and would prove difficult to replace.
has abstract
On 23 December 1975, an Aérosp ...... ld prove difficult to replace.
@en
Wikipage page ID
56,778,116
page length (characters) of wiki page
Wikipage revision ID
1,021,194,454
Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage
aircraft type
Aérospatiale Alouette III helicopter
@en
caption
An Aerospatiale SA-316 Alouette III of the SAAF, 1970s.
@en
date
1975-12-23
destination
fatalities
float
right
@en
label
Cashel
@en
lat deg
lon deg
3.2783333e+1
name
Cashel South African Air Force Alouette crash
@en
occupants
occurrence type
Accident
@en
operator
origin
pos
left marksize = 8
@en
summary
Crashed after flying into a hawser cable
@en
survivors
wikiPageUsesTemplate
subject
type
comment
On 23 December 1975, an Aérosp ...... ld prove difficult to replace.
@en
label
Cashel South African Air Force Alouette crash
@en