Accident English Electric Canberra B(I)8 476,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 175438
 
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Date:Sunday 23 September 1956
Time:noon
Type:Silhouette image of generic CNBR model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
English Electric Canberra B(I)8
Owner/operator:Fuerza Aérea del Perú
Registration: 476
MSN: 71...
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Pisco/Lima -   Peru
Phase: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:BA Las Palmas
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Two Canberra of eight ship formation collided during air show. One (476) crashed and burned. Captain César Turckey Podestá and Lieutenant Antonio Ravenna Ocharán. Other (478) damaged and made a belly landing at civil airport at Lima*. Crew suffered injuries*.

Sources:

Scramble
El Siglo de Torreón 24 September 1956, p3
http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00010883/02002/5j
Diário de Lisboa 24 September 1956, p6*
Diario Las Américas 25 September 1956, p3
https://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00010883/02002/zoom/4

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
15-Apr-2015 17:58 TB Added
07-Aug-2015 11:15 TB Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative]
30-Nov-2015 19:45 TB Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
30-Nov-2016 16:21 A.J. Scholten Updated [Cn, Narrative]
30-Nov-2016 18:08 A.J. Scholten Updated [Cn, Operator]
23-Jan-2017 17:13 TB Updated [Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative]
23-Jan-2017 18:21 TB Updated [Phase, Narrative]
23-Jan-2017 18:34 TB Updated [Source]
28-Feb-2021 14:52 TB Updated [Source, Narrative]
05-Feb-2024 17:07 Anon. Updated [Source, Narrative]
05-Feb-2024 17:18 andarami Updated [Narrative]

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