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Date: | Wednesday 10 March 1937 |
Time: | morning |
Type: | Curtiss O-1E Falcon |
Owner/operator: | Fuerza Aérea de Chile |
Registration: | 4 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Iquique -
Chile
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Phase: | |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Los Cóndores/Iquique/Gr.1 |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Struck the chimney of the steamer Benjamin Squella while flying in a three ship formation and crashed into the water. Pilot Ten Alberto Fritis Campusano seriously injured and mechanic-observer Enrique Valenzuela Riveros died.
Sources:
La Nación (Santiago) 11 March 1937, p17
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
02-Jul-2023 13:20 |
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02-Sep-2023 18:32 |
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