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Date: | Wednesday 27 January 1943 |
Time: | c. 10:30 LT |
Type: | de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
Owner/operator: | Aeronáutica Militar |
Registration: | 110 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Albarraque, Sintra -
Portugal
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | BA1 Sintra, Portugal |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth 110 Abandoned and crashed near Albarraque, Sintra 27.1.43; pilot (aged 22) parachuted but mechanic Jose da Cunha Goncalves (aged 19) died. Struck Off Charge 8.2.42
Albarraque is a village located in the southwest of the parish of Rio de Mouro, municipality of Sintra.
NOTE: Another/replacement Tiger Moth, with the same serial [110] collided with Tiger Moth 102 & crashed at Algueirao, Sintra 10.9.45; pilots Joao Manuel da Costa Moura & Jose Guedes de Figueiredo killed. This incident involved a completely different aircraft to the above.
Sources:
1. Diário de Lisboa 27 January 1943, p5
2.
https://acidentesaviacaomilitar.blogspot.com/search/label/DH-82A%20Tiger%20Moth 3, Newspaper cutting re incident:
https://acidentesaviacaomilitar.blogspot.com/search/label/DH-82A%20Tiger%20Moth 4.
https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albarraque (Portugese text)
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
04-Sep-2018 07:48 |
TB |
Added |
17-Aug-2021 16:23 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |