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Date: | Friday 12 September 1952 |
Time: | 10:00 |
Type: | de Havilland Vampire (Mistral) |
Owner/operator: | Armee de l'Air |
Registration: | |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Tunis airport -
Tunisia
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | El-Aouina |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Crashed near airport when nose-dived after only reached 30 feet altitude. Pilot Ltn Merlen.
Sources:
The Ottawa Journal 13 September 1952, p32
L'Echo d'Oran 13 September 1952
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
06-Feb-2018 08:10 |
TB |
Added |
20-Jun-2020 20:34 |
TB |
Updated [Aircraft type] |
16-Jul-2020 17:50 |
TB |
Updated [Time, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |