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Crash of a Casa 352 in Lérida

Date & Time: May 20, 1955
Type of aircraft:
Casa 352
Operator:
Registration:
T.2B-270
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Demonstration
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Lérida - Lérida
MSN:
161
Location:
Lérida
Catalonia
Country:
Spain
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was taking part to an air show in Lérida. On final, the three engine aircraft was too low and hit the ground before coming to rest in a ravine. All six crew members were injured and the aircraft was destroyed.

Crash of a Potez 540 in Andratx: 2 killed

Date & Time: May 31, 1937
Type of aircraft:
Potez 540
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Mountains
Schedule:
Lérida - Lérida
Location:
Andratx
Balearic Islands
Country:
Spain
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
Following a bombing mission over the harbor of Palma de Mallorca, the crew was returning to his base in Lérida. While flying over the sea, he was attacked by the pilot of a Nationalist Air Force Fiat CR.32. The crew elected to return to Palma for an emergency landing when the aircraft crashed on the slope of a mountain located near Andratx, some 20 km west of Palma. Two crew members were killed and a third became PoW.
Crew:
Jan Ferak, pilot,
Zdeněk Talaš, gunner,
Josef Soušek, gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.
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