Monday 13 February 2012

Mass murder in Paradise remembered


THE VISCOUNT ‘UMNIATI’
Flight RH 827
Pilots
Captain Jan Andre du Plessis, 50
First Officer Michael Thomas Moolman, 37

Air Hostesses
Kathryn Jan Creigh-Smith, 29
Caroline Lynette du Chemin, 21
Regina Chigwada, 23
Passengers
Mrs Lynnette Ballentyne, 25
Mr Arthur Bensusan, 66
Mrs Brenda Betts, 36
Mark Betts, 11
Russell Betts, 9
Mrs Annette Billington, 35
Miss Martha Blignaut, 37
Mr Desmond Boyd, 53
Mrs Gladys Boyd, 49
Noel Boyd, 26
Ian Boyd, 25
Andrea Boyd, 16
Leonie Boyd, 14
Mr George Dardagan, 44
Mrs Ursula Dardagan, 47
Miss Margaret Davies, 35
Francis Deleplanque, 50
Mrs Pauline Delport, 26
Mr Ian Dempsey, 34
Mr Bertrand De Rham, 27
Mr Jules Descampe, 67
Mrs Adele Descampe, 66 
plus many more
With thanks to contributors of Facebook, Rhodesia Viscount Disaster pages.  It will mean nothing to others that I had tea with Jan and his wife on several occasions at their home in Salisbury.  I wonder what ever happened to his children?

1 comment:

  1. The murder still goes on,and the murderer's still go free.

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