2001 Peru shootdown
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On 20 April 2001, the Peruvian Air Force (FAP) shot down a civilian floatplane, killing American Christian missionary Veronica "Roni" Bowers and her infant daughter Charity.[1]
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Shootdown | |
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Date | 20 April 2001 |
Summary | Shot down by Cessna A-37 Dragonfly of the Peruvian Air Force |
Site | Pebas District, near the Peru-Brazil border, Peru |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Cessna A185F |
Operator | General aviation |
Registration | OB-1408 |
Flight origin | Islandia, Peru |
Destination | Iquitos, Peru |
Occupants | 5 |
Passengers | 4 |
Crew | 1 |
Fatalities | 2 |
Injuries | 1 |
Survivors | 3 |
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While flying into the Loreto Region of Peru, Bowers, her daughter Charity, husband Jim, and six-year-old son Cory were being followed by a United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) observation plane. The Peruvian Air Force was operating as part of the Air Bridge Denial Program. The CIA did not attempt to identify the tail number of the church-owned plane per procedure.