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| Date: | Saturday 17 March 1923 |
| Time: | c. 13:45 |
| Type: | Junkers F13 |
| Owner/operator: | Expedition South America |
| Registration: | D-217 |
| MSN: | 633 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Oyapock estuary -
 French Guiana
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | Albina, Surinam |
| Macapá, AP | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
While low flying together with F13 "Birkhahn" in bad visibility, the F13 "Flamingo" crashed from ten meters into mouth of river Oiapock (Oyapoque) in vicinity of the brasilian border, due to a control failure. Mechanic Wilhelm Thill drowned. Pilot Max Drewsky rescued by "Birkhahn". Aircraft sank with body of Thill.
Sources:
https://hugo.junkers.de/blog/die-junkers-suedamerika-expedition-auf-dem-weg-nach-brasilien/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Mar-2010 04:01 | TB | Added |
| 26-Mar-2010 06:19 | TB | Updated [Cn, ] |
| 14-Oct-2010 12:15 | TB | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 02-Feb-2015 07:19 | junior sjc | Updated [Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 16-Jan-2016 17:09 | junior sjc | Updated [Cn, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 16-Jan-2016 19:29 | junior sjc | Updated [Cn, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 13-Aug-2016 19:55 | junior sjc | Updated [Destination airport, ] |
| 12-Nov-2017 07:56 | Sergey L. | Updated [Cn, Nature, Source, ] |
| 22-Mar-2024 20:46 | TB | Updated [Time, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Mar-2024 07:29 | TB | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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