ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 63072
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| Date: | Friday 27 August 1971 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  North American T-6G Texan |
| Owner/operator: | Força Aérea Portuguesa |
| Registration: | 1688 |
| MSN: | 197-059 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Furancungo -
 Mozambique
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | AB7 Tete |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Hit by debris from own bomb after delivery. Rolled inverted and crashed into hill. Fur Pil Mesquita killed. 51 T-6 Texan shot down or crashed in Africa from 1961-1975. 43 crew members were killed, almost all pilots.
Sources:
http://especialistasdaba12.blogspot.de/2009_01_01_archive.html
http://ultramar.terraweb.biz/index.htm L124
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 10-Aug-2014 13:54 | TB | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 10-Aug-2014 14:22 | TB | Updated [Narrative] |
| 02-Feb-2017 22:11 | TB | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Feb-2017 18:41 | TB | Updated [Source] |
| 05-Feb-2017 15:58 | TB | Updated [Location, Departure airport] |
| 04-Jul-2018 09:12 | A.J. Scholten | Updated [Source] |
| 07-Sep-2018 16:07 | TB | Updated [Source] |
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