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Date: | Friday 1 April 1955 |
Time: | 19:30 |
Type: | Republic RC-3 Seabee |
Owner/operator: | private |
Registration: | N6095K |
MSN: | 278 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 15 mi E of Aruba -
Aruba
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Miami |
Destination airport: | Aruba via Port-au-Prince |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Ditched after getting lost and running out of fuel. Occupants rescued 21 hours later by the italian freighter Acheo. Airplane type as "Scabbe" and "Public Seabee" in newspapers.
Sources:
El Litoral 3 April 1955, p1
A Noite 4 April 1955, p4
Amigoe di Curacao : weekblad voor de Curacaosche eilanden
06-04-1955
https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010404555:mpeg21:a0044 Revision history:
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19-Nov-2019 13:38 |
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02-Feb-2020 18:43 |
Cobar |
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