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| Date: | Tuesday 5 March 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Romanian Air Force |
| Registration: | 10 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Pipera airfield, near Bucharest -
 Romania
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Pipera |
| Pipera |
Cpt. av. Gheorghe Drăgănescu from Escadrila 53 Vânătoare was demonstrating slow rolls at low altitude when lost control and crashed.
Sources:
https://jp-hurricane.blogspot.com/
https://www.worldwar2.ro/forum/index.php?showtopic=1857&st=45#
Mirosław Wawrzyński. Huragan nad Konstancą i Odesą. Escadrila 53 Vânătoare w walkach 1941 r. // Militaria i Fakty 2006-03 (34). — s. 5.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Feb-2022 07:09 | nempobur | Added |
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