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Date: | Friday 20 August 1937 |
Time: | |
Type: | Heinkel He-51 |
Owner/operator: | Aviación Nacional |
Registration: | 2-? |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | South of Santander Mountains -
Spain
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Heinkel 51 crashed. A Heinkel squadron (1-G-2 Grupo) returned from a mission in Santander while encountered foggy and no visibility conditions. The pilots disoriented and two aircraft crashed onto the mountains. César Martín Campos and Manuel Ferreras Laraña were killed. A third disoriented aircraft., piloted by Rafael Simón García, managed to land in a field
Sources:
1.Revista Aeroplano Nº 8 "Los chatos en España (II) - La Escuadrilla "Vasca""
Estanislao Abellán Agius Pag 62
IHCA 1990
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