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| Date: | Wednesday 26 February 1947 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47 (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | ML-KNIL (Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force) |
| Registration: | VHRET |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 1,6 km NW off Point Lookout, Stradbroke Island, QLD -
 Australia
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Brisbane-Eagle Farm Air Base, QLD |
Crashed in sea during a test flight after a fire erupted in one of the engines. Three Dutch and three Australian citizen died in the crash.
Sources:
ABC (Sevilla) 27 February 1947, p8
militaireluchtvaartnederland.nl
Red City Bulletin 14 Oct 2016
The Indian Express 28 February 1947, p3
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