ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 180753
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| Date: | Monday 29 January 1951 |
| Time: | c. 15:00 LT |
| Type: |  Lockheed P-38M Lightning |
| Owner/operator: | Cuerpo de Aviación del Ejército de Cuba (CAEC) |
| Registration: | 121 |
| MSN: | 422-8355 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Santa Fé/Havana -
 Cuba
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed over beach during test flight and caught fire. Ten Joaquin Varona Acosta (25) and a woman in a house (41) killed. 12 injured.
Sources:
http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/waf/americas/cuba/Cuba-af-P38.htm
Scramble
http://avstop.com/history/aroundtheworld/cuba/cuba.html
http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00001565/15826/1
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Oct-2015 11:48 | TB | Added |
| 31-Oct-2015 18:29 | TB | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Jun-2018 11:37 | TB | Updated [Date, Time, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Aug-2018 15:20 | TB | Updated [Narrative] |
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