Criminal Occurrence description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 03 MAR 1942 |
| Time: | 09:20 |
| Type: | Lockheed 18-40-11 Lodestar |
| Operator: | ML-KNIL (Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force) |
| Registration: | LT-918 |
| C/n / msn: | 18-2122 |
| First flight: | 1941 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Broome Airport, WA (BME) (Australia) |
| Phase: | Standing (STD) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | - |
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Destroyed by enemy action on the ground at Broome. The attack was carried out by nine Japanese Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero fighter aircraft.
Sources:
» The Lockheed Twins / Peter J Marson
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
