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| Date: | Monday 6 January 1941 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Henschel Hs 126 K |
| Owner/operator: | 3 Mira Royal Hellenic Air Force |
| Registration: | E33 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Pogradec -
 Albania
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
During the past month, Episminagos (Major) Demetrius Daliatseas, the unit commander of 3 Mira, and Sminagos (Captain) Spyridon Nanopoulos, had undertaken daily patrols over the front lines in the Pogradec area whenever weather permitted. On 6 January 1941, their Hs 126 K E33 was shot down by Italian AA fire and crashed in a ravine. Both men were killed.
Sources:
"Air War for Yugoslavia, Greece and Crete 1940-1941", by Christopher Shores, Brian Cull and Nicola Malizia. ISBN 0-948817-07-0
http://www.pasoipa.org.gr/lefkoma/pilot_details/?id=156
http://www.pasoipa.org.gr/lefkoma/pilot_details/?id=157
http://web.archive.org/web/20150923213932/http://www.deutscheluftwaffe.de/Panelnachbau/Spyros%20Kourounis/Henschel%20He%20126/Hs%20126.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pogradec
http://www.maplandia.com/albania/pogradec/pogradec/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Nov-2011 12:49 | nikitas | Added |
| 07-Jan-2016 11:35 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 01-Jul-2022 08:03 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator, ] |
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