ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 215034
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Date: | Wednesday 8 February 1939 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
Owner/operator: | Aeronáutica Militar |
Registration: | 133 |
MSN: | 3649 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Chamusca, Santarém District -
Portugal
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | BA Sintra, Portugal |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth "133" of Aeronáutica Militar: Written off (destroyed) 8 February 1939 when crashed at Chamusa, Portugal. Pilot killed. According to a rough translation into English of the original Portugese blog (see link #2 for ther original Portugese text):
"February 8, 1939
Due to a collision in the air, the Tiger Moth 133 of the Military Aeronautics is lost, and Ensign Pilot Francisco Barão da Cunha dies".
Sources:
1. Diário de Lisboa 8 February 1939, p4
2.
https://acidentesaviacaomilitar.blogspot.com/search/label/DH-82A%20Tiger%20Moth 3. Newspaper cutting ref accident:
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hxtjCO8NOUI/W4VKG0qXfDI/AAAAAAAAEHA/LeTE_YzXjy4foTMxw_5uYjyjnKUvaWv4wCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_20180828_141024_resized_20180828_021107138.jpg 4.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamusca 5.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p036.html Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
03-Sep-2018 19:20 |
TB |
Added |
27-May-2021 02:45 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
27-May-2021 02:47 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Departure airport, Narrative] |
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