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    Recife Commando was a light infantry regiment of the South African Army. It formed part of the South African Army Infantry Formation as well as the South...
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    The Commando System was a mostly voluntary, part-time force of the South African Army, but in their role as local militia the units were often deployed...
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    De Mist Commando (Uitenhage) Donkin Commando Humansdorp Commando Kirkwood Commando Port Elizabeth Commando Recife Commando Uitenhage Commando Cradock...
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  • Beaufort Commando Part of Natal Command in late 1970s. Originally named Empangeni/Richards Bay Commando. The unit was renamed Insele Commando on March 2...
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    a Lóide Aéreo Nacional Curtiss C-46D-15-CU Commando registration PP-LDX operating flight 652 from Recife crashed during approach to Campina Grande. Of...
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    Haddow's position. 601st Commando tried to move forward to rescue 602nd Commando Company on Estancia Mountain. Spotted by 42 Commando, they were engaged with...
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  • Barbosa, Farroupilha, and Garibaldi, one in Belém, Pará, and the other in Recife, Pernambuco. The company currently produces more than 22,000 items, intended...
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  • Horizonte Campo Grande Fortaleza Recife Rio de Janeiro Salvador da Bahia São Paulo 20 August 1953: a Curtiss C-46A-60-CK Commando registration PP-ITD crashed...
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  • Aéreas Flight 4896, a Let L-410 Turbolet, crashed shortly after takeoff from Recife Airport, Brazil, killing all 16 on board. July 28 – Asiana Airlines Flight...
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  • and in 1946 flights from São Paulo to Recife via the coast started. Later, flights were extended beyond Recife, to Campina Grande. In February 1947 LAP...
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    S.A. C-46 Commando LV-FTO crashed on landing approach. Of 35 occupants, 24 died. On 17 December 1969, Austral Líneas Aéreas C-46 Commando LV-GEB lost...
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    origens, doutrinas e práticas (1960-1970) (MA thesis) (in Portuguese), Recife: Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, pp. 71–88 Ben-Dror, Graciela, The Catholic...
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    A300-B4 registration PR-STN on a cargo flight between São Paulo-Guarulhos and Recife suffered a runway excursion after landing and the aft gear collapsed upon...
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    flight scheduled to depart that very night from Rio de Janeiro–Galeão to Recife, Lisbon, Paris–Orly and Frankfurt. Varig also inherited Panair's two Douglas...
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  • Belém, Brasília, Curitiba, Fortaleza, Foz do Iguaçu, Maceió, Manaus, Natal, Recife, Rio de Janeiro–Galeão, Rio de Janeiro–Santos Dumont, Salvador, São Luís...
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  • survived. 5 September 1958: a Curtiss C-46D-15-CU Commando registration PP-LDX operating flight 652 from Recife crashed during approach to Campina Grande Airport...
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    (Military High School of Porto Alegre) Colégio Militar do Recife [pt] (CMR) (Military High School of Recife) Colégio Militar do Rio de Janeiro [pt] (CMRJ) (Military...
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    6 passengers and crew died. 3 April 1955: an Itaú Curtiss C-46A-60-CK Commando registration PP-ITG struck a hill 2 miles short of the runway while on...
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    quilombos (Maroon settlements) in Brazil was Palmares (the Palm Nation) near Recife, which was established around 1600. Quilombo dos Palmares was a self-sustaining...
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  • using four amphibian Catalinas. In the following years a Curtiss C-46 Commando and two Douglas DC-3 were added to the fleet. On February 29, 1952 Aero...
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    the largest single American air base outside of its own territory, and at Recife, the U.S. 4th Fleet Headquarter under Admiral Ingram's command. The air...
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    Medan, were bombed. In December 1946, Special Forces Depot (DST), led by commando and counter-insurgency expert Captain Raymond "Turk" Westerling, were accused...
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  • first aircraft arrived in 1941 and operated between Rio de Janeiro and Recife via Belo Horizonte, Bom Jesus da Lapa and Petrolina. In order to operate...
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    29th. A life raft with the body of one passenger was found 96 km east of Recife by the US destroyer Kearney on February 4, and another life raft with the...
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    the company announced five new destinations: Las Vegas, United States; Recife, Brazil; Willemstad, Curaçao; Liberia, Costa Rica; and Iquitos, Peru. In...
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    origins of deep sea diving in Brazil" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Scuba Rec – Recife Scuba Diver's Center – Brazil. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016...
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    failure, all 5 occupants were killed. On August 4, 1952, a Curtiss C-46 Commando on a ferry flight crashed on approach to MIA because of the failure of...
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    one passenger survived. 6 May 1959: A Paraense Curtiss C-46/Super C-46 Commando registration PP-BTA crashed shortly after take-off from Belém-Val de Cans...
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    Karoline Mariechen "Karol" Meyer (born October 19, 1968 in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil) is a Brazilian free diver. She holds two Guinness Book of World...
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    Amazon Military Command, but linked to C Op Esp. Its main units are the 1st Commando Actions Battalion (1.º Batalhão de Ações de Comandos; BAC) and the 1st...
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