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| Date: | Monday 28 September 1936 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Heinkel He 51 |
| Owner/operator: | Legión Condor - Aviación Nacional |
| Registration: | Unknown |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Vitoria -
 Spain
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
The aircraft piloted by Leutenant Ekkehard Hefter hit a tower and crashed shortly after take off in a plaza in Vitoria. If it was engine trouble or rashness is unknown. Hefter did not survive and became the first german pilot to be killed in the Spanish war.
Sources:
1.http://surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/scw-1936.htm
2.Aces of the Legion Condor. ACE99. Robert Forsyth. Osprey Publishing Pg 24
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Feb-2016 18:54 | volman | Added |
| 23-Nov-2016 21:01 | TB | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 13-Dec-2021 07:22 | volman | Updated [Registration, Operator, Source, ] |
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