ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 205020
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| Date: | Monday 31 August 1936 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | BA Swallow 2 |
| Owner/operator: | private |
| Registration: | G-ADMB |
| MSN: | 405 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Perpignan-Llabanère Airport, Pyrénées-Orientales 66 -
 France
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Llabanère Airport,Perpignan, France (LFMP) |
| Spainish Republican Air Force, Spain | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
First registered [C of R 6077] 16.7.35 as G-ADMB to Colonel Harold Lister Cooper, Salisbury, Wiltshire (aircraft based at High Post Aerodrome, Salisbury, Wiltshire). C of A 4959 issued July 1935.
Written off (destroyed) 31.8.36 when crashed near Llabanère Airport, Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales department in the Occitanie region of southwestern France, whilst en route to join the Spainish Republican Air Force. According to a rough translation from Spanish into English of a Spanish website (see link #4 for the original Spanish text):
"In August of 1936, the Americans Edwin Liebowitz and Abraham Schapiro flew to Spain in a Swallow 2, registration G-ADMB, serial number 405. Their destination was the Republican air forces. No information is available about its pilots, destination and final fate"
Registration G-ADMB cancelled by the Air Ministry 2.12.36 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawl from use of aircraft"
Sources:
1. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ADMB.pdf
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A7.html
3. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Accmisc.htm
4. http://nica.fio.es/sole/ames/40swallow_cbravo/40swallow.html
5. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/aeroplanes/15-aeroplanes/78-register-gb-g-ad
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Jan-2018 18:03 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 05-May-2020 15:22 | TB | Updated [Location] |
| 21-Nov-2022 17:51 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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