Date: | Friday 15 September 1961 |
Time: | |
Type: | Douglas DC-4-1009 |
Owner/operator: | Air Katanga |
Registration: | OO-ADN |
MSN: | 43099 |
Year of manufacture: | 1947 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | UI |
Location: | Elizabethville Airport (FBM) -
Congo (Democratic Republic)
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Phase: | Standing |
Nature: | - |
Departure airport: | - |
Destination airport: | - |
Narrative:DC-4 OO-ADN was parked directly in front of the tower at the Elizabethville Airport (now Lubumbashi). A Katangese Air Force Fouga Magister (93) attacked the airport and dropped two 100 lb. bombs one of which made a direct hit on the DC-4. The Fouga then circled and strafed the field causing much confusion but minor damage.
Sources:
Alan Yeadon
Images:
photo (c) Alan Yeadon; Elizabethville; 15 September 1961
photo (c) Alan Yeadon; Elizabethville; 15 September 1961
photo (c) Alan Yeadon; Elizabethville; 15 September 1961
photo (c) Alan Yeadon; Elizabethville; 15 September 1961
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