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Crash of a Ford 4 in Spain

Date & Time: Dec 31, 1948
Type of aircraft:
Ford 4
Operator:
Registration:
EC-BAB
Flight Type:
Scheduled Revenue Flight
MSN:
4-AT-071
YOM:
27
Location:
Spain
All Spain
Country:
Spain
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances somewhere in Spain during the year 1948. The exact date of the mishap remains unknown.

Crash of a Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 in Catalonia: 17 killed

Date & Time: Apr 12, 1938
Type of aircraft:
Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero
Operator:
Registration:
MM28-16
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Location:
Spain
All Spain
Country:
Spain
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
17
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
17
Circumstances:
The three engine aircraft was performing a mission on behalf of the Spanish Air Forces. While cruising over Catalonia, a bomb detonated in the bomb bay and the aircraft crashed in a huge explosion. All 17 occupants were killed.
Probable cause:
Bomb explosion in flight.

Crash of a Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 in Catalonia: 17 killed

Date & Time: Mar 23, 1938
Type of aircraft:
Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero
Operator:
Registration:
MM28-25
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Location:
Spain
All Spain
Country:
Spain
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
17
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
17
Circumstances:
The three engine aircraft was performing a bombing mission on behalf of the Spanish Air Force. While cruising over Catalonia, the aircraft collided with another SM.79 that was hit by Flak. It entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in a huge explosion. All 17 occupants were killed.
Probable cause:
Loss of control following an in-flight collision after the second aircraft has been shot down by antiaircraft fire.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111 in Spain

Date & Time: Mar 10, 1938
Type of aircraft:
Heinkel He.111
Operator:
Registration:
25-7
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Location:
Spain
All Spain
Country:
Spain
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The aircraft was shot down by the pilot of a Polikarpov I-5 fighter. The crew attempted an emergency landing when the airplane crashed in a field and was destroyed by a post crash fire. All four crew members were injured and became PoW. They were released 2 January 1939.
Crew:
Kurt Kettner,
Theo Kowollik,
Karl Hofmeister,
Heinz Clacery.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Breguet 14 Torpedo in Abuerio: 1 killed

Date & Time: Dec 28, 1927
Type of aircraft:
Breguet 14
Operator:
Registration:
F-AFGS
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Postal (mail)
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Dakar – Casablanca – Alicante – Perpignan – Toulouse
MSN:
227
YOM:
1923
Location:
Spain
All Spain
Country:
Spain
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The pilot, sole on board, was performing a mail flight from Senegal to France via Morocco and Spain. En route, a fire erupted on board and the pilot lost control of the aircraft that crashed and burned near a village called 'Abuerio'. The pilot was killed.
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