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Date: | Wednesday 23 October 1940 |
Time: | |
Type: | Curtiss D-12 Falcon |
Owner/operator: | Cuerpo Aeronáutico del Perú (CAP) |
Registration: | LI-81-. |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Iquitos -
Peru
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Phase: | |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | BA Iquitos |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Wings folded at 80 meters during bombing exercise. Alférez Angel Brusco Pérez killed "in the cabin", when aircraft crashed on bank of Río Itaya. Aircraft type not reported.
Note: 81 Escuadrilla de Combate/LI Escuadrón at BA Iquitos used Curtiss D-12 Falcon from 1940 (Aeroflight)
Sources:
El Deber (Arequipa) 8 November 1940, p8
(Scramble)
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
24-Nov-2023 14:34 |
TB |
Added |
24-Nov-2023 15:24 |
TB |
Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Source, Narrative] |