Accident Vought O2U-1E Corsair ,
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Date:Thursday 23 March 1933
Time:afternoon
Type:Silhouette image of generic CORS model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vought O2U-1E Corsair
Owner/operator:Cuerpo de Aviación del Perú (CAP)
Registration:
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:8 mi from Puerto Yessup -   Peru
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:San Ramón
Destination airport:Masisea
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Disappeared 15:15 over junge area. Pilot Ten 1°Leonardo Alvariño Herr and mechanic S.Of. Héctor Rubio Cavassa. Wreckage and bodies found May 1944.

Note: Vought O2U-1E "5-E-2" on floats at Iquitos(?) (photo)

Sources:

A Noite 23 May 1944, p8
https://trazohumanista.lamula.pe/2014/01/11/heroe-nacional-leonardo-alvarino-herr/nomm/

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
12-Nov-2019 10:26 TB Added
02-Sep-2023 14:10 TB Updated
13-Oct-2023 17:44 TB Updated
02-Dec-2023 10:16 TB Updated [Narrative]
03-Dec-2023 10:20 TB Updated [Source]
06-Dec-2023 18:04 TB Updated [Aircraft type]

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