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| Date: | Wednesday 23 October 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Curtiss D-12 Falcon |
| Owner/operator: | Cuerpo Aeronáutico del Perú (CAP) |
| Registration: | LI-81-. |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Iquitos -
 Peru
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | BA Iquitos |
Wings of the "Falcón" folded at 80 meters during bombing exercise and crashed on bank of Río Itaya. Body of Alférez Angel Brusco Pérez not found.
Note: 81 Escuadrilla de Combate/LI Escuadrón at BA Iquitos used Curtiss D-12 Falcon from 1940 (Aeroflight)
Sources:
El Deber (Arequipa) 8 November 1940, p8 (official statement)
La Union (Pacasmayo) 8 November 1940, p2 (type)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Nov-2023 14:34 | TB | Added |
| 24-Nov-2023 15:24 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Dec-2024 19:08 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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