Accident de Havilland DH.60 Gipsy Moth 3,
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Date:Tuesday 26 October 1937
Time:16:30
Type:Silhouette image of generic DH60 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.60 Gipsy Moth
Owner/operator:Club Aéreo de Magallanes
Registration: 3
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:BA Bahia Catalina -   Chile
Phase: Landing
Nature:Private
Departure airport:
Destination airport:BA Bahia Catalina, Punta Arenas
Narrative:
"Gipsy" crashed. Ten 1°Julio Valencia Leiva (32) died of injuries and S.Of. mechanic Alfredo Mansilla survived seriously injured.

Sources:

La Nación (Santiago) 27 October 1937, p13
https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf ("Gipsy No 3")

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
18-May-2023 07:06 TB Added
10-Jun-2023 15:11 TB Updated
09-Oct-2023 07:08 Dr. John Smith Updated
31-Oct-2023 21:11 TB Updated

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