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Date: | Friday 11 February 1938 |
Time: | |
Type: | Savoia-Marchetti S62 |
Owner/operator: | Aviación Nacional |
Registration: | 61-5 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Pollensa Sea-plane Base (Mallorca) -
Spain
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Phase: | Standing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Savoia S62 Ex-Aeronautica Naval S-5 was one of two airworthy aircrafts abandoned by Capt Bayo's forces in the Porto Cristo beach head. Captured and remarked as 61-5 by Nationalits, it was destroyed in a near hurricane (125km/h) wind storm, while standing in the Pollensa SeaPlane Base.
Sources:
"Entre el añíl y el cobalto. Los Hidroaviones en la Guerra de España"
1987 Emilio Herrera Alonso - IHCA Pg 49
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
23-Nov-2021 06:50 |
volman |
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