ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 307441
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| Date: | Wednesday 24 November 1954 |
| Time: | morning |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17 |
| Owner/operator: | Compañía Aero Comercial S.A. (CAMSA) |
| Registration: | OB-...-306 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Rio Huallaga -
 Peru
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Tingo María |
| Tarapoto via Juanjuí |
(1) Disappeared over jungle area shortly after departure to Juanjuí. Search teams located the wreckage of the TAM DC-3 from 16 NOV during the search for this second missing plane in the region between Iquitos and Lima. (2) Wreckage of the B-17 reportendly located in the Rio Huallaga area 28 NOV without the three crew and five passengers (eight names published, panamanian pilot Capián Rafael Pastor) apparently walking or shipping for a populated location. (3) no trace of the aircraft and the eight or nine occupants found. (4) B-17 "El Chasqui" of RAPSA, Capitán Owen Williams, participated in search
Sources:
Correio da Manhã 30 November 1954, p2 (2°Caderno)
(1) El Deber (Arequipa) 25 November 1954, p1/(2) 29 November 1954, p8/(3) 13 December 1954, p4/(4) 15 December 1954, p2/30 December 1954, p1
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Aug-2023 13:13 | TB | Updated |
| 04-Nov-2023 19:49 | TB | Updated |
| 06-Nov-2023 20:08 | TB | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Nov-2023 21:24 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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