ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 310322
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| Date: | Tuesday 5 November 1946 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | airplane |
| Owner/operator: | private |
| Registration: | NC.... |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Cochabamba -
 Bolivia
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| Phase: | |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
Private plane crashed during an adventure mission. US medic Dr Harry Theron Pitman (34/Hospital Chulumani/near La Paz) and pilot Carlos Kamminich (Yugoslavian/ex RAF). Exact date not reported ("a week ago").
The pilot was Antonin Kaminek and was Czech, not Yugoslavian, see link to Czech Military archive below - last reported: Relesed from RAF to 4.12.1945 and permitted to settle down in Bolivia. Died in accident in Bolivia, Burried 10.11.1946 in Cementerio general en Cochamba.
Sources:
La Nación (Santiago) 13 November 1946, p7
Madera Tribune 12 November 1946, p1
Czech Military archive
https://www.vuapraha.cz/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/kaminek_antonin_20.04.1916.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Apr-2023 09:15 | TB | Added |
| 07-Feb-2024 07:32 | Petr Barchanek | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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