1933 Gibraltar to London (via Tangier, Alicante, Barcelona and Perpignan.)
Air Crash Mail.
9th May 1933 Latecoere 28-1 Plane F-AJIX operated by Aeropostale.
The plane was on the Casablanca to Toulouse route (via Tangier, Alicante, Barcelona and Perpignan.) and left the aero field of Barcelona at 2.30 pm for Perpignan. A short time after take off the radio operator signalled that they were climbing up above the clouds for better visibility and requested a weather forecast. No further contact was established after 2.30 pm. At an altitude of 1700 metres the plane struck a house in the village of Villadrau near Villa Grande. The three crew and three passengers were killed but nobody on the ground was injured. The house was empty at the time of the crash.
Crew: Jacques Emler, pilot, René Riguelle, pilot, Alfred Guychard, radio navigator.
A violet cachet was applied to the mail.
A similar plane to the one that crashed.
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