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| Date: | Sunday 18 April 1937 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | ZS-AIS |
| MSN: | |
| Engine model: | de Havilland Gipsy Major |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Northern Italy, between Pisa, Italy and Marseille, France -
 Italy
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Pisa, Italy |
| Marseille, France |
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth ZS-AIS: Registered in South Africa 11.36. Crashed in Northern Italy on flight to Europe 4.37. Probably the aircraft flown by Proost and named “Sacharias Sais” from Johannesburg, en route Amsterdam and which was missing en route Pisa to Marseille 18.4.37
Sources:
1. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
2. https://www.dehavilland.co.za/DH82A_Tiger_Moth_construction_numbers_and_histories.htm
3. https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-south-africa-register
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