Accident Lockheed U-2 56-6719,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 177568
 
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Date:Thursday 28 July 1966
Time:15:00 LT
Type:Lockheed U-2
Owner/operator:United States Air Force (USAF)
Registration: 56-6719
MSN: 386
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:60 km from Oruro -   Bolivia
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Barksdale AFB
Destination airport:Florida
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Missing. Found crashed at Pinani region. Cap Robert Hickman (32). Failure in the oxygen system, pilote become inconscious.

Sources:

El Litoral 30 July 1966, p2
Correio da Manhã 31 July 1966, p1
https://blackbirds.net/u2/u2local.html

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
04-Jul-2015 16:39 TB Added
20-Oct-2015 19:39 TB Updated [Date, Time, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
27-Oct-2018 15:16 j155 Updated [Registration, Cn, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]

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