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Date: | Tuesday 2 January 1940 |
Time: | |
Type: | Curtiss Hawk 75 A |
Owner/operator: | GC I/5 Armée de l'Air |
Registration: | n° 13 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Malancourt, Meuse -
France
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:On 2 January 1940 the Caporal-chef Wladimir Vasek, a 25 years old Czech pilot serving in the French GC I/5, fainted after a oxygen failure during a patrol at 8000m, and was killed when his Curtiss H-75 n°13 crashed near Malancourt (Meuse).
Sources:
"Ils étaient là. L’Armée de l’Air septembre 1939 - juin 1940", by Jacqueline and Paul Martin, ISBN 2-9514567-2-7
Carton 2B142 des Archives de l’Armée de l’Air, SHAA (covering French Air Force accidents between 1st December 1939 and 15 January 1940)
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malancourt_%28Meuse%29 http://www.maplandia.com/france/lorraine/meuse/verdun/malancourt/ Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
02-Jan-2017 20:00 |
Laurent Rizzotti |
Added |
04-Jan-2017 11:29 |
Laurent Rizzotti |
Updated [Aircraft type] |
24-Dec-2019 16:34 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |