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| Date: | Tuesday 5 September 1967 |
| Time: | morning |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46A-55-CK |
| Owner/operator: | WIGMO |
| Registration: | 9T-PLA |
| MSN: | 231 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Location: | Goma -
 Congo (Democratic Republic)
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Kalemie |
| Goma |
Shot down by a congolese T-28 “FG-067” thinking the aircraft was flown by mercenery rebels. Airplane came down on a road with the left engine on fire. The two crew members (swedish and dutch) parachuted to safety. Was on a reconnaissance mission to find out if Goma had fallen into rebel hands.
Sources:
La Nacion 6 September 1967, p18
Air Britain T-28 part3
http://fliphtml5.com/npgh/joed
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Dec-2016 20:07 | TB | Added |
| 13-Jan-2019 12:27 | Cobar | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 24-Jan-2019 09:41 | TB | Updated [Operator, Narrative, ] |
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