ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 121479
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| Date: | Wednesday 22 December 1937 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Fokker F.VIIb/3m |
| Owner/operator: | Spanish Republicans |
| Registration: | EC-UAA |
| MSN: | 5352 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Aude South France -
 France
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Valencia, Spain |
| Paris-Orly Airport, Paris (ORY/LFPO) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
EC-UAA was the last Fokker F.VIIb-3m built as a commercial airliner (after this one the parent company built only one more (militarized) F.VII which also found its way to Spain, c/n 5353 alias the 20-1 for the Aviacion Militar).
For this aircraft too it is very difficult to trace down its service record with the Republicans during the Spanish Civil War. According to Gerald Howson it was still flying in LAPE colours on the 16th of May 1937 carrying gold bullion from Valencia to Paris to pay for arms purchases.
That may have been with the addition of the red identification bars on the wings. On the 22nd of December 1937 EC-UAA suffered a undercarriage collapse in the south of France transporting gold and was written off. The aircraft veered off runway on landing, came to rest and was damaged beyond repair. Both crew were unhurt.
Registration EC-UAA cancelled as "destroyed" 12 November 1940
Sources:
1. https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/aeronet/fokker-f-viis-in-spanish-skies-part-2-t4129.html
2. http://www.aviationcorner.net/show_photo_en.asp?id=229258
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_EC-1.html
4. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-fokker-f7-france
Media:
Fokker VIIb-3m EC-UAA:
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De Maasbode
23-12-1937
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Apr-2011 05:36 | TB | Added |
| 02-Apr-2011 09:24 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Apr-2019 22:18 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 13-Apr-2019 22:21 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Apr-2019 22:22 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 29-Dec-2020 12:39 | Cobar | Updated [Total occupants, Location, Embed code] |
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