Accident North American AT-6F Texan 1795, Thursday 4 December 1969
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Date:Thursday 4 December 1969
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic T6 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
North American AT-6F Texan
Owner/operator:Força Aérea Portuguesa
Registration: 1795
MSN: 121-42517
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Canquelifa -   Guinea-Bissau
Phase: Take off
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Accident. Crashed and caught fire. Fur Pil Alberto Soares Moutinho.

Sources:

https://joseluislopotunafap.blogs.sapo.pt/435.html
http://ultramar.terraweb.biz/index.htm S231
ex.USAAF/44-81795, D-FOTO.

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
22-May-2009 12:58 XLerate Added
09-Aug-2014 20:15 TB Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative, ]
04-Feb-2017 13:30 TB Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative, ]
05-Feb-2017 15:19 TB Updated [Location, Phase, Narrative, ]
03-Jul-2018 16:42 A.J. Scholten Updated [Source, ]

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