Hello Everyone! I am new to posting but I am amazed and find the knowledge here astounding! 😎
My Grandfather was a flight officer on an ill fated Argentina FAMA flight on December 23, 1946. I have information about the accident and about his aircraft but I would love to find out a little more about the flight and maybe even get a copy of the crew manifest. Does anyone know how I would go about it?
Thanks! 🙂
Jen Welcher
By: ericmunk - 23rd August 2015 at 10:37
Most welcome. Another museum worth contacting might be the Museo Nacional de Aeronáutica de Argentina. They have an archive of Argentine aviation as well, which may contain information on FAMA?
By: JWelcher - 23rd August 2015 at 00:48
Hi;
Yes this is the one! Thank you so much for your reply. I will try the National Aviation Museum. I did manage to find him tonight in https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=0qX8s2k1IRwC&dat=19461225&printsec=frontpage&hl=pt-BR in an article about the accident where there is a complete list of passengers and crew. I would still love to find out more about the flight and the accident. So, I will definitely follow-up with the museum.
Again, thank you for your reply!
Jen Welcher
By: ericmunk - 22nd August 2015 at 21:08
Welcome to the forum, Jen.
I presume your grandfather’s accident would have been FAMA’s Avro York LV-XIG hitting the Pico do Papagaio in bad weather on approach to Rio de Janeiro that day? This would seem to have been an interesting service, starting in London the day before, with stops at Paris, Dakar, Natal (Brazil) and Rio with a destination of Buenos Aires. I think (but am sure other will correct or confirm) this was the inaugural transatlantic flight for FAMA, pioneering the UK-Argentina route.
A quick search shows the following names of passengers and crew aboard the flight:
– Enrique Lacroix (a FAMA representative), who survived the crash, but later died of his injuries
– Claudio Mendoza Rios (a lieutenant in the Peruvian air force) who was injured severly, but was the sole survivor
– Arturo Fassio (the Argentine ambassador to Portugal at the time)
– Derek Norman James (captain)
Perhaps a good place to start archive-wise would be the Brazilian national aviation museum?
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August 21, 2015 at 10:13 pm