Accident
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Datum: | 04 JAN 1943 |
| Zeit: | 18:26 |
| Flugzeugtyp: | Lockheed Lodestar II |
| Fluggesellschaft: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Kennzeichen: | EW986 |
| Werknummer: | 18-2154 |
| Baujahr: | 1942 |
| Besatzung: | Todesopfer: / Insassen: |
| Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: / Insassen: |
| Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 11 / Insassen: 11 |
| Sachschaden: | Zerstört |
| Konsequenzen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Unfallort: | 3 km (1.9 Meilen) S of Heliopolis (Ägypten) |
| Flugphase: | Annäherung (APR) |
| Betriebsart: | Militär |
| Flug von: | ? |
| ? |
Crashed in poor weather with downdraughts. On board was Air Marshal McClaughry, accompanied by his staff.
Informationsquelle:
» Though without Anger: Losses of Transport and Special Duties Aircraft and Assault Gliders 1940 to 1945 / C.Cummings
» 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.
