Igor V.Babailov paintings

Igor V.Babailov paintings
John Collier paintings

A U.S. aircraft gave Peru's military the location of a plane carrying American missionaries, mistakenly suspecting the plane was part of a drug running operation.
But senior administration officials say the American surveillance crew objected to the Peruvian decision to shoot down the aircraft, which led to the deaths of two Americans.Missionary Veronica "Roni" Bowers and her 7-month-old daughter, Charity, of Muskegon, Mich., were killed. Pilot Kevin Donaldson was wounded in the legs by shots. U.S.-Contracted Plane InvolvedAccording to senior administration officials, the Citation-5 surveillance plane, the U.S. aircraft flying with the Peruvian interceptor, is owned by the Pentagon. The Central Intelligence Agency hired its crew from Dyncorp, a private company, and the program is coordinated by the U.S. Embassy in Peru.