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
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]
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.
Roni Bowers and her daughter, Charity
^Ripley, Amanda (29 April 2001). "A Mission Interrupted". Time. Archived from the original on January 11, 2007. Retrieved 2008-09-13.
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