Accident Curtiss D-12 Falcon LI-81-.,
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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
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Iquitos -   Peru
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/timeContributorUpdates
24-Nov-2023 14:34 TB Added
24-Nov-2023 15:24 TB Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Source, Narrative]

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