ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18545
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| Date: | Sunday 11 December 1977 |
| Time: | c. 09:45 LT |
| Type: |  CASA 2.111 (Heinkel He 111) |
| Owner/operator: | Warbirds of Great Britain |
| Registration: | G-BFFS |
| MSN: | 140 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 50 km NW of Madrid La Gamonosa (Guadarrama, Madrid) -
 Spain
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Cuatro Vientos, near Madrid |
| Burgos, Spain | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed into a mountainside at Puerto de los Leones pass in poor weather while on a ferry flight from Madrid to Hurn. The Spanish-built version of the WW2 Heinkel 111 bomber was being flown to the UK by the prominent test pilot and aerobatic performer Neil Williams.
It took off from an airfield near Madrid (Cuatro Vientos aerodrome, LECU) on a VFR flight that would take it to England via France. Mr Williams, his wife and Chief engineer of Aviation Technical services - Blackbushe, Joseph Donaghy [retired wartime RAF Pilot ] and Stephen Parnell ground controller - Blackbushe.
Sources:
https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/spanish-red-cross-workers-aided-by-the-guardia-civil-remove-news-photo/93903014
https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1978/1978
http://www.aviationcorner.net/show_photo_en.asp?id=22911
La Nación 15 December 1977, p22A
Netherlands National Archive, UPI press photo of the crash scene: http://proxy.handle.net/10648/615335f3-be1d-ead6-baff-ebbcff1694c7
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 12-Jan-2009 02:27 | zaza | Updated |
| 29-May-2010 00:56 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 09-Nov-2012 12:41 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Apr-2016 20:27 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 12-Apr-2016 20:37 | TB | Updated [Narrative] |
| 15-Sep-2016 07:14 | Handley Page | Updated [Narrative] |
| 09-Aug-2017 13:58 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Apr-2018 16:40 | Anon. | Updated [Location] |
| 26-Mar-2020 17:19 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 01-Mar-2021 12:30 | Hoekb03 | Updated [Source] |
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