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Date: | Wednesday 29 December 1920 |
Time: | afternoon |
Type: | de Havilland DH.9 |
Owner/operator: | Fuerza Aérea de Chile |
Registration: | D1307 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near El Bosque -
Chile
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Phase: | |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | El Bosque/Esc.d.Av.M. |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:The "De Haviland" crashed at Lo Moreno. Cap Av Armando Cortínez seriously injured.
Note: 18 DEC 20: Avro 75 Ten 1°Ignacio Aliaga accident with damaged landing gear; Avro 79 Cap Armando Cortínez accident with damaged wings and landing gear (La Nación) 23 DEC 1920, p11).
This was reportendly the second accident of a DH.9. A "De Haviland" of Ten Barahona suffered an accident "recently", this was the first DH.9 accident (L.N (S.) 30 Dec 20, p11), but see Avro 504 of Barahona on 9 SEP 1920
Sources:
La Nación (Santiago) 30 December 1920, p11/3 January 1921, p10 (photo)
Revision history:
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22-Jun-2023 08:46 |
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22-Jun-2023 12:18 |
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19-Oct-2023 06:21 |
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06-Mar-2024 15:58 |
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06-Mar-2024 19:00 |
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