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Crash of a Breguet 14A.2 at Campo dos Afonsos AFB: 3 killed

Date & Time: Oct 17, 1927 at 1403 LT
Type of aircraft:
Breguet 14
Operator:
Registration:
1856
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Campo dos Afonsos - Campo dos Afonsos
MSN:
1856
Location:
Campo dos Afonsos AFB
Rio de Janeiro
Country:
Brazil
Region:
South America
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
Shortly after takeoff from Campo dos Afonsos AFB, while climbing, the aircraft lost height and crashed. The airplane was destroyed and all three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Cpt Atila Silveira de Oliveira,
Cpt Salustiano Franklin da Silva,
Lt Thomaz Menna Barreto Monclaro.

Crash of a Breguet 14 at Campo dos Afonsos AFB: 2 killed

Date & Time: Oct 18, 1923
Type of aircraft:
Breguet 14
Operator:
Registration:
2
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Campo dos Afonsos - Campo dos Afonsos
Location:
Campo dos Afonsos AFB
Rio de Janeiro
Country:
Brazil
Region:
South America
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a local training mission at Campo dos Afonsos AFB when the aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances. A crew member was seriously injured and both other occupants were killed.

Crash of an Aeromarine 40 off Rio de Janeiro: 1 killed

Date & Time: Feb 18, 1921
Type of aircraft:
Aeromarine 40
Operator:
Registration:
42
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Rio de Janeiro - Rio de Janeiro
Location:
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Country:
Brazil
Region:
South America
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a local training flight in Rio de Janeiro when the seaplane crashed in unknown circumstances in the Guanabara Bay. Both pilots were seriously injured and the aircraft sank. Six days later, one of the crew member died from his injuries.
Crew:
1st Lt Fernando Muniz Guimarães, †
Lt Fernando Victor Amaral Savaget.

Crash of a Macchi M.9 off Rio de Janeiro: 1 killed

Date & Time: Nov 29, 1920
Type of aircraft:
Macchi M.9
Operator:
Registration:
31
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Location:
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Country:
Brazil
Region:
South America
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The pilot, sole on board, was completing a training flight when the seaplane crashed in the Bay of Guanabara off Rio de Janeiro. The pilot 2nd Lt Jayme Americano Freire was killed.
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