ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 342087
| Date: | Thursday 2 May 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | de Havilland DH.86B Express |
| Owner/operator: | Suomen Ilmavoimat |
| Registration: | OH-IPA |
| MSN: | 2353 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1937 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Helsinki-Malmi Airport (HEM) -
 Finland
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Helsinki-Malmi Airport (HEM/EFHF) |
| Jyväskylä Airport (JYV/EFJY) |
The de Havilland DH.86B Express was converted for use as an ambulance aircraft and used by a special branch of Aero OY as OH-IPA. The airplane was to be ferried from Helsinki-Malmi Airport (HEM) to Jyväskylä/Tikkakoski for inclusion in bomber regiment LeR 4 with the Finnish Air Force.
On takeoff the airplane collided with a Brewster B-239E fighter aircraft, BW-394.
Sources:
De Havilland full production list
Finnish Air Force in World War II - Discussion Forum
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