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Ceremony of Tribute

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 1969

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The International Review in its last number mentioned that a DC 7 aircraft, placed at the ICRC's disposal by the Swedish Red Cross, had been shot down during the night of 5-6 June 1969 when flying relief supplies to Uli in Biafra. The four members of its crew: David Brown, Captain, Stig Carlson, Co-pilot, Kiell Pettersen, Flight Engineer and Loadmaster Harry Axelsson, were all killed.

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International Committee of the Red Cross
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International Review of the Red Cross (1961 - 1997) , Volume 9 , Issue 101: In Geneva , August 1969 , pp. 426
Copyright
Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 1969

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1 Plate.—Ceremony of tribute to the crew members of the Red Cross aircraft destroyed in Nigeria.