BAe 125 crash, May 26, 1971 (3 killed), Devil's Peak West...

BAe 125 accident on May 26, 1971 near Devil's Peak Western Cape, South Africa with 3 fatalities.

This was one of three SAAF HS 125 Mercurius jets flying in a V formation for a Republic Day demonstration at Cape Town. After a low pass over the airport the formation flew west and struck the cloud covered slope of Devil's Peak, and all three aircraft were destroyed.

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