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Date: | Tuesday 3 September 1957 |
Time: | |
Type: | Sikorsky H-19D |
Owner/operator: | ALAT |
Registration: | |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 13 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 80 km SW of Algier -
Algeria
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Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | EH3 Boufarik |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Crashed at Médéa province and burned out. Co-pilot survived seriously injured. LTC Georges Canépa (44).
Sources:
Passauer Neue Presse 6.9.1957, p1
El Siglo de Torreón 6 September 1957, p3
https://www.traditions-air.fr/ Biographies
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
03-Jan-2013 04:41 |
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07-Aug-2015 17:17 |
TB |
Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
02-Oct-2020 15:21 |
TB |
Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |