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Date: | Friday 15 March 1935 |
Time: | |
Type: | Bloch 120 |
Owner/operator: | Armée de l'Air |
Registration: | |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | inside Belgian Congo -
Congo (Democratic Republic)
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Brazzaville (08:00) |
Destination airport: | Bangui |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:French tri-motor disappeared. Gouverneur of French Equatorial Africa General Georges Édouard Alexandre Renard (51), his wife, the pilot and others.
Wreckage discovered in jungle of Belgian Congo by a Sabena pilot on 19-03-1935. Location given as S02.00 and E16.30
Sources:
El Litoral 16 March 1935, p1/17 March 1935, p1/19 March 1935, p1
Leeuwarder nieuwsblad 20-3-1935
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloch_MB.120 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
15-Feb-2017 21:28 |
TB |
Added |
15-Feb-2017 21:32 |
TB |
Updated [Narrative] |
16-Jan-2018 17:44 |
Cobar |
Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Source, Narrative] |
18-Oct-2020 12:37 |
TB |
Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative] |