Accident Junkers F13geS D-2151, Thursday 24 September 1931
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Date:Thursday 24 September 1931
Time:
Type:Junkers F13geS
Owner/operator:Hans Bertram
Registration: D-2151
MSN: 2042
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Visakhapatnam (Vizak) -   India
Phase: En route
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Colombo
Destination airport:Calcutta
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Emergency landing at sea during heavy monsoon rains. The floatplane sank in heavy seas. Pilots Hans Bertram (25) and Schonger and mechanic Klausmann were saved by the passing British steamer “Clan Macgillivary”. Record-flight Berlin-India-China.

Sources:

http://web.archive.org/web/20120206004357/http://www.ju-f13.de/F13/person.html
Algemeen Handelsblad
26-09-1931

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
03-Nov-2010 06:29 TB Added
15-Jun-2020 08:14 Cobar Updated [Total occupants, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
01-Feb-2024 09:53 TB Updated [Source, Narrative, ]

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