MOZAMBIQUE: NAPALM BOMBING AT AIR SHOW.

Record ID: 358336

  • Title: MOZAMBIQUE: NAPALM BOMBING AT AIR SHOW.
  • Date: 4th February 1965
  • Summary: 1. LV PARADE LINED UP, PLANES ON LEFT 0.05 2. SV NORD ATLAS PLANE WITH AIR FORCE GUARD DOGS IN FRONT 0.10 3. LV PARADE MARCH PAST (2 SHOTS) 0.20 4. CU BASE COMMANDER GIL CONDE TAKES SALUTE 0.22 5. LV PARADE AWAY FROM CAMERA 0.25 6. CU CROWD 0.26 7. LV PARADE 0.30 8. SV OFFICERS TAKE SEATS 0.34 9. LV PLANES WARM
  • Embargoed: 19th February 1965 12:00
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  • Location: BEIRA, MOZAMBIQUE
  • Country: Mozambique
  • Reuters ID: LVAE01HB4MCLTCXP6IHTFOAR76N2
  • Story Text: IN MOZAMBIQUE, THE PORTUGUESE AIR FORCE DROPPED NAPALM BOMBS DURING CELEBRATIONS MARKING "UNITY DAY" ON MONDAY. THE DEMONSTRATION ATTACK WAS PART OF AN AIR SHOW AT THE AIR FORCE BASE AT BEIRA.

    NORD ATLAS TRANSPORTS PV2 RECONNAISSANCE PLANES AND DORNIER BOMBERS WERE ON DISPLAY AS THE BASE COMMANDER, COLONEL EUGENIO GIL CONDE TOOK THE SALUTE AT A COMMEMORATIVE MARCH PAST. WITH HIM WERE THE PORTUGUESE ARMY COMMANDER FOR MOZAMBIQUE, GENERAL CAEIRO CARRASCO, AND AIR FORCE BRIGADIER HENRIQUE DE SA.
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