ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 289927
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| Date: | Friday 30 June 1939 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | de Havilland DH.85 Leopard Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Aero Club de Suisse |
| Registration: | HB-ARI |
| MSN: | 7022 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Jungfraujoch, VS -
 Switzerland
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Zurich-Dubendorf, Switzerland |
| Interlaken, Switzerland |
c/no 7022 To R Fretz, Switzerland with C of A 4139 issued 12.1.34. Registered CH-388 12.1.34 to Robert Fretz, Altenrhein. Registered HB-ARI 1.35 to same owner; named "Arosa". Registered 31.3.37 to Aero Club de Suisse, Section Zurich, Dubendorf.
Written off (destroyed) when crashed on the Jungfraujoch 30.6.39 and registration cancelled on same date. The Jungfraujoch (German: lit. "maiden saddle") is a saddle connecting two major 4000 metre mountains of the Bernese Alps: the Jungfrau and the Mönch. It lies at an elevation of 3,463 metres (11,362 ft) above sea level and is directly overlooked by the rocky prominence of the Sphinx. The Jungfraujoch is a glacier saddle, on the upper snows of the Aletsch Glacier, and part of the Jungfrau-Aletsch area, situated on the boundary between the cantons of Bern and Valais, halfway between Interlaken and Fiesch.
Sources:
1. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/archive/Archive_2008.pdf
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p070.html
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_HB-.html
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_CH-.html
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jungfraujoch
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Oct-2022 19:52 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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