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Date: | Monday 28 September 1936 |
Time: | |
Type: | Heinkel He 51 |
Owner/operator: | Legión Condor - Aviación Nacional |
Registration: | Unknown |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Vitoria -
Spain
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:The aircraft piloted by Leutenant Ekkehard Hefter hit a tower and crashed shortly after take off in a plaza in Vitoria. If it was engine trouble or rashness is unknown. Hefter did not survive and became the first german pilot to be killed in the Spanish war.
Sources:
1.http://surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/scw-1936.htm
2.Aces of the Legion Condor. ACE99. Robert Forsyth. Osprey Publishing Pg 24
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
08-Feb-2016 18:54 |
volman |
Added |
23-Nov-2016 21:01 |
TB |
Updated [Operator] |
13-Dec-2021 07:22 |
volman |
Updated [Registration, Operator, Source] |