Spanish Air Force - Aeronáutica Militar

Dornier Do J Wal

En route from Huelva to Vigo, the crew encountered an unexpected situation and ditched the floatplane off Cape São Vicente, south Portugal. All four crew members were rescued by the crew of a British ship and the airplane later washed up on a beach.

Dornier Do J Wal

The seaplane was engaged in an exercise out from Los Alcázares. In unclear circumstances, it crashed into the sea off Perdiguera Island, about 7 km south of San Javier Airbase. Two crew members were killed and two others were injured.

Dornier Do J Wal

After takeoff from Melilla, the seaplane went out of control and crashed into the sea, bursting into flames. Three crew members were rescued and two others were killed.

Dornier Do J Wal

The crew departed Ferrol on a flight to Santander to take part to manoeuvres. Few minutes after takeoff, while flying over Cape Ortegal, weather conditions deteriorated and due to an insufficient visibility caused by fog, the captain decided to return to Ferrol. While descending to Ferrol, the seaplane was too low and crashed on the slope of a mountain located near Cape Prioriño, west of Ferrol. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and all six crew members were killed. Crew: Ens Fernando Cano-Manuel y Auberede Mst Jaime Planas Pujol, Mst Luis Azcárate Escudero, Mst José Sánchez Mariscal, Mst Manuel Rubio Rodríguez, Cpl Juan Bautista Navarro Ros.

Dornier Do J Wal

The seaplane was engaged in a loca training flight out from El Atalayón Naval Station. In unknown circumstances, the airplane crashed in the sea few hundred metres offshore. All five crew members were injured, three seriously.

Dornier Do J Wal

The seaplane departed the bay of Los Alcázares at 0900LT on a flight to Melilla, carrying three crew members. As the aircraft failed to arrive at destination, SAR operations were initiated. Five days later, on 5 January 1929, the wreckage was found four km west of Cape Figalo, Algeria. All three crew members were killed. Crew: Cdt Caulac, Cpt Pauler +1.

Avro 504

The pilot, sole on board, was completing a local training flight at Madrid-Cuatro Vientos Airport. While flying in the vicinity of the airfield, he lost control of the airplane that entered a dive and crashed. The pilot, Captain Don Antonio Eleta Palacios was killed.