Date:	Tuesday 8 December 1936
Time:	18:00
Type:	Potez 540
Owner/operator:	Etat Francais, French Ambassador in Spain
Registration:	F-AOOO
MSN:	228/4849
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	near Pastrana -   Spain
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Passenger
Departure airport:	Madrid
Destination airport:	Toulouse
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
1.Shot down by two Polikarpov I 15 Spanish Republican fighters while flying at 3000m.Aircraft made a forced landing , rolled over and caught fire.Killing the journalist Louis Delaprée and seriously injuring the other occupants. Madrid-Alicante-Barcelona-Toulouse.
2.Passengers were Dr.Henry, Int.Red Cross Officer, French journalists Chateu and Delaprée, and two underage girls. Chateau and Delaprée were serously wounded (Chateau lost his leg, and Delaprée died in a Hospital 31/12/1936). The attempt incident, kept undercover by Republic authorities is presumed to be related to a Soviet planned operation against Red Cross crime investigations in Madrid prisons

1.http://www.santafe.gov.ar/hemerotecadigital/diario/17656/?page=2
2.Haagsche courant
09-12-1936
3.https://guerraenmadrid.net/2019/03/09/el-misterio-del-avion-frances-derribado-en-guadalajara/

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
23-Nov-2016 18:47	TB	Added
17-Aug-2021 10:45	Cobar	Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Source, Damage, Narrative]
17-Aug-2021 11:38	Cobar	Updated [Narrative]
18-Jan-2022 17:58	volman	Updated [Time, Source, Narrative]