Incident Republic P-47D Thunderbolt ,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 344945
 
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Date:Friday 4 April 1947
Time:afternoon
Type:Silhouette image of generic P47 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Republic P-47D Thunderbolt
Owner/operator:Cuerpo Aeronáutico del Perú (CAP)
Registration:
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Campamento, Antioquia -   Colombia
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Prato (14:00)
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Six Peruvian airplane with one pilot each (single-seat) forced to land due to bad weather during ferry flight from US to Peru. Pilot Capitán Alberto Diez abandonned the plane and bailed out. Four planes suffered damages during the forced landings in the terrain (three not taken up ?). One landed back to Prato.

Sources:

El Deber (Antioquia) 7 April 1947, p6
https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP726-1-1-58-77

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
27-Aug-2023 09:07 TB Added
09-Oct-2023 12:22 TB Updated

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