ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 169294
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Date: | Wednesday 13 August 1947 |
Time: | afternoon |
Type: | Republic P-47D Thunderbolt |
Owner/operator: | Força Aérea Brasileira (FAB) |
Registration: | 4156 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 20 mi off Carabelle, FL -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Kelly Field, TX |
Destination airport: | Miami, FL |
Narrative:Lost during delivery flight of eight P-47 to Brasil. Pilot Leslie Louveiro bailed out in the Gulf of Mexico from burning plane and rescued by USCG cutter Juniper after six hours in a live raft.
Sources:
Scramble
http://www.rudnei.cunha.nom.br/FAB/br/p-47.html St. Petersburg Times 14 February 1947, p7
Revision history:
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28-Aug-2014 19:15 |
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01-Sep-2014 16:44 |
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01-Sep-2014 17:29 |
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Updated [Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
27-Jun-2019 15:18 |
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Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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