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| Date: | Saturday 15 May 1937 |
| Time: | morning |
| Type: | Vought O2V (V-66B Corsair) |
| Owner/operator: | Aviação Naval |
| Registration: | GM-O-4 |
| MSN: | 961 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Gavea, RJ -
 Brazil
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Crashed on golf course from 50 meters height. As "Boeing de bombardero G.M.O.4" *. Also "G.M.O. 4...Corsário N°4"** in local press. Observator killed. "GM-O-4" and Corsair typ seen on accident picture.
Sources:
http://acervo.folha.uol.com.br/fdm/1937/05/16/1//4578177 **
Scramble
A Noite 15 May 1937, p1ff *
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-May-2015 05:56 | junior sjc | Added |
| 20-May-2015 16:22 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Nature, Narrative, ] |
| 15-Oct-2016 18:47 | TB | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Oct-2016 19:02 | TB | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 05-Nov-2016 15:28 | TB | Updated [Time, Registration, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
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