ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 196454
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| Date: | Tuesday 6 August 1940 |
| Time: | 13:30 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Aeronaútica Militar |
| Registration: | 109 |
| MSN: | 3648 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Base Aérea Nº 1, Sintra, Sintra Municipality, -
 Portugal
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Base Aérea Nº 1, Sintra, Portugal (LPST) |
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 3648 (Gipsy Major #80282) C of A 6159 issued 14.12.37 to Oficinas Gerais de Material Aeronautico (OGMA) for Aeronaútica Militar (Portuguese AF).
Written off (destroyed) 6 August 1940 when crashed and burned at Base Aérea Nº 1, Sintra, Portugal. Student pilot Cabo José Augusto Torres Lopes killed. Aircraft destroyed by fire. According to a rough translation into English of the original Portugese blog (see link #3 & #4 for the original Portugese text):
"August 6, 1940
Lost in collision with the ground, in Sintra, the Tiger Moth with the registration of Military Aeronautics 109, killing Cadete Pilot student José Augusto Torres Lopes".
Sources:
1. Diário de Lisboa 6 August 1940, p4
2. Correo da Manha 6 August 1940, p5
3. https://acidentesaviacaomilitar.blogspot.com/search/label/DH-82A%20Tiger%20Moth
4. Newspaper cutting ref accident: https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-B9cWaPjxCBA/W36MQKHFeiI/AAAAAAAAD2w/5OokzmAPwjgeZm6c3J-5WZ4S7Mns3qYdwCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_20170420_155205.jpg
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p036.html
6. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sintra_Air_Base
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Jul-2017 20:12 | TB | Added |
| 02-Jul-2017 11:20 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 03-Sep-2018 19:24 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2019 11:10 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 27-May-2021 02:59 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-May-2021 03:00 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 04-Aug-2021 16:43 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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