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| Date: | Wednesday 22 May 1963 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  North American T-6G Texan |
| Owner/operator: | Força Aérea Portuguesa |
| Registration: | 1711 |
| MSN: | 182-765 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | ponta Tombali, Iléu Colber -
 Guinea-Bissau
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Two T-6G collided during combat mission. Fur Pil Eduardo Nuno Ricou Casals (21) died. Other pilot Sarg António Lobato (force-landed ? bailed out ?) captured by PAIGC and POW until released seven years later.
Sources:
https://joseluislopotunafap.blogs.sapo.pt/435.html
http://ultramar.terra.biz/ L124
https://acidentesaviacaomilitar.blogspot.com/
Diário de Lisboa 25 May 1963, p16
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 12-Dec-2010 05:08 | TB | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Nature, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Aug-2014 20:24 | TB | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Feb-2017 18:52 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Feb-2017 17:52 | TB | Updated [Location, Narrative, ] |
| 29-Jun-2018 17:19 | A.J. Scholten | Updated [Phase, Source, ] |
| 05-Sep-2018 19:14 | TB | Updated [Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 30-Sep-2018 08:22 | TB | Updated [Source, ] |
| 30-Sep-2018 08:25 | TB | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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