MISSIONARY PLANE SHOT DOWN OVER PERU SK KD4CKM

PATRICK HERMAN writes "The Missionary plane shot down over Peru by the Peruvian military, included the loss of a ham. Veronica "RONNIE" Bowers KD4CKN. Ronnie and her husband Jim Bowers KD4CKM were on there way to Iquitos Peru from Benjamin Constant in Brazil.






Missonaries Killed in Peru 4/22/01


Jim & Roni Bowers








Muskegon, Mich-native Veronica "Roni" Bowers, 37, and her 7-month-old daughter, Charity, were killed and pilot Kevin Donaldson was wounded when their Cessna was shot down by a drug-sniffing Peruvian aircraft.



A U.S. surveillance plane monitored Peru's downing of the plane carrying American missionaries, a U.S. Embassy official said Saturday.




Map courtesy www.larepublica.com.pe

"There was a US government tracking aircraft in the area in support of the Peruvian intercept mission," was the official statement from an embassy official in Lima. "As part of an agreement between the US and Peru, U.S. radar and aircraft provide tracking information to the Peruvian Air Force on planes suspected of smuggling illegal drugs in the region. U.S. government tracking aircraft used for this program are unarmed and do not participate in any way in shooting down suspect planes



Jim and Corey returned to the United States Sunday. They are in North Carolina, where they will spend time with family members before returning home to Muskegon.




Thanks for all the Prayers, Patrick Herman KI8EP cousin of Jim Bowers"