Modesto Madariaga

Modesto Madariaga
Full name Modesto Madariaga
Born (1904-01-12)12 January 1904
Corral de Almaguer, Spain
Died 20 June 1933(1933-06-20) (aged 29)
Vicinity of Villahermosa, Mexico.
Nationality  Spain
Aviation career
Known for Took part in the historic flight of the Cuatro Vientos from Seville, Spain to Camagüey, Cuba on 10–11 June 1933

Modesto Madariaga (12 January 1904, in Corral de Almaguer, Spain - 20 June 1933, in Villahermosa, Mexico) was a Spanish aviation mechanic.

Flight

A replica of the Cuatro Vientos

In 1933, he was the mechanic accompanying Mariano Barberán and Lieutenant Joaquín Collar Serra when they flew the Cuatro Vientos, a Br.19 TF Super Bidon built specially for this flight, from Spain to Cuba. The flight, which took 39 hours and 55 minutes, departed Seville on at 4:40 on 10 June 1933 and arrived in Camagüey at 20:45 (local time) on 11 June 1933, after a flight of 7320 km.

Disappearance

The plane departed for Mexico City on 20 June 1933, without Madariaga on board and disappeared in flight; it was last sighted in the vicinity of Villahermosa, Mexico. No trace of the plane or of its occupants was subsequently found.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Betes, Antonio. "Gloria y Tragedia del Vuelo Sevilla-Cuba-Méjico" (pdf format), Spanish Air Force.


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