Accident de Havilland DH.60G Moth F-ALRR, Sunday 9 August 1936
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Date:Sunday 9 August 1936
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic DH60 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.60G Moth
Owner/operator:Aero Club des Landes, Mont de Marsan
Registration: F-ALRR
MSN: 1881
Fatalities:Fatalities: / Occupants:
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Vieux-Boucau-les-Bains, Landes department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine -   France
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Unknown
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Destroyed when crashed at Vieux-Boucau-les-Bains, Landes department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine 9.8.36

Vieux-Boucau-les-Bains is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. Vieux-Boucau means "old mouth" as it was where the Adour River used to flow into the Bay of Biscay, and was named “Port d'Albret” in the past

Sources:

1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p018.html
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_F-9.html
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont-de-Marsan_Air_Base
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vieux-Boucau-les-Bains

History of this aircraft

c/no. 1881 DH.60G Moth [Gipsy I #1390] to H Farbos, France with C of A 3240 issued 27.10.31. Registered in France as F-ALRR [C of R 3069] 4.2.32 to Henri Farbos, Mont de Marsan. Re-registered 28.1.33 to Aero Club des Landes, Mont de Marsan.

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Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
04-Mar-2024 12:58 Dr. John Smith Added
04-Mar-2024 13:00 ASN Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]

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