Accident E.K.W. C-35 C-123,
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Date:Friday 20 June 1941
Time:10:05 LT
Type:E.K.W. C-35
Owner/operator:Swiss Air Force
Registration: C-123
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Lake Vierwaldstättersee, near Gersau, LU -   Switzerland
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:LSZC
Destination airport:LSZC
Narrative:
Stalled. Pilot lost control and both occupants escaped with the parachute. They landed minor injured in a lake. The observer (2nd occupant of the plane) was rescued by a boat. The pilot drowned in the lake.

Sources:

http://178.83.198.61/wings/04-SAF/000-SAF-Basis-e.htm

Revision history:

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03-Dec-2011 07:05 Alpine Flight Added

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