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| Date: | Tuesday 7 September 1937 |
| Time: | 17:30 |
| Type: | Airspeed A.S-6J Envoy III |
| Owner/operator: | Air Pyrénées |
| Registration: | F-AQCS |
| MSN: | 73 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ribadesella (Asturias) -
 Spain
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Parme-Biarritz |
Shot down by Oblt. Harro Harder (Chief Squadron 1/J.88) during Spanish Civil War.
Most Probably (F-AQCS). This was the third Air Pyrénées lost by Nationalist actions, and second shot down. The French pilot, Abel Guidez was killed. The unarmed aircraft was strafed by a pair of Legión Condor Messerschmitt Bf-109B. After this act, Air Pyrénées pilots were renuent to fly with this threat
Sources:
http://www.luftwaffe.cz/spanishcw.html
Enciclopedia de la Aviación Militar Española Vol III
Alcañiz-Fresno Pg 862
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Nov-2021 19:56 | volman | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Dec-2021 07:02 | volman | Updated [Operator, Source, ] |
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