Incident de Havilland DH.85 Leopard Moth OO-JFC,
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Date:Friday 10 May 1940
Time:day
Type:de Havilland DH.85 Leopard Moth
Owner/operator:Aeronautique Militaire/Estafette Escadrille
Registration: OO-JFC
MSN: 7096
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Knokke-Zoute Airfield, 5 km east of Knokke-Heist, West Flanders -   Belgium
Phase: Standing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Knokke-Zoute Airfield, 5 km east of Knokke-Heist, West Flanders
Destination airport:
Narrative:
c/no 7096: To Jules Hartog, Belgium with C of A 4762 issued 28.3.35. Registered as OO-JFC [C of R 328] 8.4.35 to Jules Hartog, Brussels. Re-registered 6.6.36 to Gaston Roelandts, Brussels. Impressed by Aeronautique Militaire/Estafette Escadrille 26.8.39.

Destroyed at Knokke-Zoute Airfield, 5 km east of Knokke-Heist, West Flanders, Belgium 10.5.40.

Sources:

1. Belgian Civil Aircraft since 1920 / J.Appleton and A. Thys, 1980 (ISBN 0 904597 25 3)
2. http://www.orpheusweb.co.uk/vicsmith/OldAccs/May40.html
3. http://www.goldenyears.ukf.net/reg_OO-.htm
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p070.html
5. https://www.luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/de-havilland-dh85-leopard-moth
6. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/archive/Archive_2009.pdf
7. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_OO-C.html
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knokke-Zoute_Airfield

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
10-Oct-2022 16:54 Dr. John Smith Added

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