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| Date: | Monday 12 December 1927 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | LeO H.196 |
| Owner/operator: | Air Union |
| Registration: | F-AIGM |
| MSN: | 1 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | off Ustica, Sardinia -
 Italy
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Ajaccio, Corsica (10:52) |
| Tunis, Tunisia | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Disappeared. Found ditched 15 December. Pilot Jean Ponce and mechanic Maillard rescued and airplane salvaged to Sicily.
Sources:
https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/f-aaaa.pdf
La Stampa 17 December 1927, p6
Images:
Photo of this aircraft taken from Flickr. License CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Jan-2018 11:34 | Sergey L. | Added |
| 25-Mar-2019 23:26 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 31-Dec-2019 11:36 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 31-Dec-2019 11:55 | TB | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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