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Date: | Thursday 3 June 1937 |
Time: | |
Type: | Airspeed AS.6A Envoy II |
Owner/operator: | Spanish Nationalist Air Force |
Registration: | 41-1 |
MSN: | 17/52 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Castil de Peones near Burgos -
Spain
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Vitoria |
Destination airport: | Valladolid |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Twin-engined Airspeed Envoy, operated as General Emilio Mola's personal aircraft, crashed into hill in fog between Alcocero de Mola and Castil de Peones, **killing the two pilots and four passengers, including General Emilio Mola (49), his adjutant and two other high ranking officers.
This aircraft defected from the Republic, 24th September 1936, piloted by Fernando Rein Loring, landing in Pamplona. Nationalists registered the aircraft as 41-1. It was constructed as an hybrid (c/n 17/52) of c/ns 17 & 52, when Airspeed Envoy G-ACMT c/n 17 while landing, impacted and heavily damaged the tail section of Airspeed AS6J Envoy II G-AEBV (c/n 52) on 1st September 1936. c/n 17 was also seriously damaged (wings). Subsequently, in a brico shop operation, was created a new hybrid (c/n 17/52) with c/n 17 fuselage and wings & engines from c/n 52).
Sources:
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A5.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emilio_Mola#Death **Jenaer Volksblatt 4 June 1937
ABC (Madrid) 28 September 1975, p149
ABC (Sevilla) 4 June 1937, p1
- Enciclopedia de la Aviación Militar Española Vol III
Alcañiz-Fresno Pags 844, 845,846
- Aviones en la Guerra Civil Española
1990 Miranda/Mercado Aldaba Ediciones Pgs 11-12
Revision history:
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20-Dec-2017 00:19 |
Dr. John Smith |
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17-May-2018 21:14 |
TB |
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05-Apr-2020 17:52 |
TB |
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05-Apr-2020 19:11 |
TB |
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21-Apr-2020 19:46 |
TB |
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21-Apr-2020 19:48 |
TB |
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19-Aug-2021 13:15 |
Cobar |
Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
06-Dec-2021 07:01 |
volman |
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