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| Date: | Tuesday 28 October 1947 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed P-38L Lightning |
| Owner/operator: | Aviación del Ejército Dominicano |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ciudad Trujillo -
 Dominican Republic
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
(1) Crashed into houses at Villa Consuelo after engine caught fire and pilot attempted to return to the airfield. At least four killed and six missing. Two houses destroyed. Pilot survived seriously injured.
Note: as "a bomber of the US Army" in press report, but no USAAF accident recorded in AAIR at the time and location.
(2) Pilot 1°Tte Enrique Prestol Castillo crashed into inhabited space of the Santo Domingo area (1947/survived, nine killed).
Sources:
(1) La Rioja 30 October 1947, p1
Central American and Caribbean Air Forces / by Dan Hagedorn (28 JUN 1947)
(2) El Caribe 20 NOV 1963, p1
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Mar-2025 16:14 | TB | Added |
| 02-Mar-2025 16:58 | TB | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, ] |
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