The Kindu Massacre, or Kindu Atrocity, took place on the 11th or 12th of November 1961 in Kindu Port-Émpain, in the Congo-Léopoldville (the former Belgian Congo). Thirteen Italian airmen who were members of the United Nations Operation in the Congo, sent to pacify the country ravaged by civil war, was murdered and eaten by locals. The Italian aviators manned two C-119s, twin-engined transport aircraft known as Flying Boxcars, of the based at Pisa Airfield.
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The Kindu Massacre, or Kindu Atrocity, took place on the 11th or 12th of November 1961 in Kindu Port-Émpain, in the Congo-Léopoldville (the former Belgian Congo). Thirteen Italian airmen who were members of the United Nations Operation in the Congo, sent to pacify the country ravaged by civil war, was murdered and eaten by locals. The Italian aviators manned two C-119s, twin-engined transport aircraft known as Flying Boxcars, of the based at Pisa Airfield. (en) L'eccidio di Kindu (o massacro di Kindu) avvenne l'11 o il 12 novembre 1961 a Kindu, nell'attuale Repubblica Democratica del Congo (al tempo denominata ), dove furono trucidati tredici aviatori italiani, facenti parte del contingente dell'Operazione delle Nazioni Unite in Congo inviato a ristabilire l'ordine nello Stato africano durante la crisi del Congo. I tredici militari italiani formavano gli equipaggi dei due C-119 Lyra 5 e Lupo 33, bimotori da trasporto della 46ª Aerobrigata di stanza a Pisa. (it) |
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The Kindu Massacre, or Kindu Atrocity, took place on the 11th or 12th of November 1961 in Kindu Port-Émpain, in the Congo-Léopoldville (the former Belgian Congo). Thirteen Italian airmen who were members of the United Nations Operation in the Congo, sent to pacify the country ravaged by civil war, was murdered and eaten by locals. The Italian aviators manned two C-119s, twin-engined transport aircraft known as Flying Boxcars, of the based at Pisa Airfield. (en) L'eccidio di Kindu (o massacro di Kindu) avvenne l'11 o il 12 novembre 1961 a Kindu, nell'attuale Repubblica Democratica del Congo (al tempo denominata ), dove furono trucidati tredici aviatori italiani, facenti parte del contingente dell'Operazione delle Nazioni Unite in Congo inviato a ristabilire l'ordine nello Stato africano durante la crisi del Congo. I tredici militari italiani formavano gli equipaggi dei due C-119 Lyra 5 e Lupo 33, bimotori da trasporto della 46ª Aerobrigata di stanza a Pisa. (it) |
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