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| Date: | Monday 16 August 1943 |
| Time: | 11:30 LT |
| Type: |  Bell P-39D-1 Airacobra |
| Owner/operator: | Aeronáutica Militar |
| Registration: | 304 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | BA Ota -
 Portugal
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Crashed. 1°Sarg Augusto Alves Ferreira (27) killed.
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20091020022433/http://geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hangar/9376/airacobra.htm
A Noite 17 August 1943, p2
Diário de Lisboa 16 August 1943, p4
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 08-Aug-2014 14:43 | TB | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Aug-2014 14:44 | TB | Updated [Source, ] |
| 01-Nov-2016 20:20 | TB | Updated [Source, ] |
| 20-Jan-2017 20:16 | TB | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 20-Jan-2017 20:32 | TB | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
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