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| Date: | Wednesday 8 February 1939 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Aeronáutica Militar |
| Registration: | 133 |
| MSN: | 3649 |
| Engine model: | de Havilland Gipsy Major |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Chamusca, Santarém District -
 Portugal
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | BA Sintra, Portugal |
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth "133" of Aeronáutica Militar: Written off (destroyed) 8 February 1939 when crashed at Chamusa, Portugal. Pilot killed. According to a rough translation into English of the original Portugese blog (see link #2 for ther original Portugese text):
"February 8, 1939
Due to a collision in the air, the Tiger Moth 133 of the Military Aeronautics is lost, and Ensign Pilot Francisco Barão da Cunha dies".
Sources:
1. Diário de Lisboa 8 February 1939, p4
2. https://acidentesaviacaomilitar.blogspot.com/search/label/DH-82A%20Tiger%20Moth
3. Newspaper cutting ref accident:
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hxtjCO8NOUI/W4VKG0qXfDI/AAAAAAAAEHA/LeTE_YzXjy4foTMxw_5uYjyjnKUvaWv4wCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_20180828_141024_resized_20180828_021107138.jpg
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamusca
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p036.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Sep-2018 19:20 | TB | Added |
| 27-May-2021 02:45 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 27-May-2021 02:47 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
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