Joaquín Collar Serra (25November 190620June 1933) was a Spanish

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. He was born in

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Flight

In 1933, together with Mariano Barberán y Tros de Ilarduya and Sergeant

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, he flew the ''

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'', a Br.19 TF Super Bidon built specially for this flight, from

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. The flight, which took 39 hours and 55 minutes, departed

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on at 4:40 on 10 June 1933 and arrived in

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at 20:45 (local time) on 11 June 1933, after a flight of 7320 km.

Disappearance

The plane departed for

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on 20 June 1933, without Madariaga on board, and disappeared in flight, being last sighted in the vicinity of

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. No trace of the plane or of its two occupants was subsequently found.

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*La hazaña de los pilotos españoles Barberán y Collar 1906 births 1930s missing person cases 1933 deaths Aviators killed in aviation accidents or incidents in Mexico Missing aviators Missing person cases in Mexico Spanish military aviators Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1933 {{Aviation-bio-stub

Flight

Disappearance

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