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Date: | Wednesday 6 December 1950 |
Time: | 12:25 |
Type: | Republic F-47D Thunderbolt |
Owner/operator: | Fuerza Aérea de Chile |
Registration: | 760 |
MSN: | 399-56043 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Cachabuco/Antofagasta -
Chile
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Phase: | |
Nature: | Military |
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Narrative:Collision with another F-47 during combat exercise. Ten Rosamel Pereira (BA Colina/Santiago) parachuted at 700 meters altitude and was seriously injured. Pilot Sergio Andrade made an emergency landing at BA Cerro Moreno.
Note: on 10 AUG 1950, 14:50, "P. 47 N.R. 760" from BA Quintero made a forced landing 4 km from La Ligua due to engine problems. Pilot Ten Emilio López Santibáñez. Amount of damage not reported (La Nación (Santiago) 11 August 1950, p8).
Sources:
La Nación (Santiago) 7 December 1950, p1/8 December 1950, p16
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