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| Date: | Friday 4 April 1947 |
| Time: | afternoon |
| Type: |  Republic P-47D Thunderbolt |
| Owner/operator: | Cuerpo Aeronáutico del Perú (CAP) |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Campamento, Antioquia -
 Colombia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Prato (14:00) |
Six Peruvian airplane with one pilot each (single-seat) forced to land due to bad weather during ferry flight from US to Peru. Pilot Capitán Alberto Diez abandonned the plane and bailed out. Four planes suffered damages during the forced landings in the terrain (three not taken up ?). One landed back to Prato.
Sources:
El Deber (Antioquia) 7 April 1947, p6
https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP726-1-1-58-77
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Aug-2023 09:07 | TB | Added |
| 09-Oct-2023 12:22 | TB | Updated |
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