Accident Vickers 149 Vespa III 3, unk. date 1930
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Date:unk. date 1930
Time:
Type:Vickers 149 Vespa III
Owner/operator:Cuerpo de Aviadores Militares Bolivianos
Registration: 3
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: / Occupants:
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Santa Cuz -   Bolivia
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Crashed.

Note: The paraguayan El Liberal publicated that a Bolivian military plane crashed "suddenly" while on a reconnaissance flight in the Fortín Boquerón border area, killing the "three Bolivian Chiefs" aboard (E.D. 7 MAR 1930, p6). This was denied by the Bolivian Government as a "Paraguayan canard" (E.D. 10 MAR 1930, p6).

Sources:

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Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
30-May-2017 19:50 TB Added
25-Dec-2023 09:41 TB Updated [Source, Narrative, ]

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