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| Date: | Saturday 8 May 1943 |
| Time: | 03:40 |
| Type: |  Lockheed C-60A Lodestar |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Canadian Air Force - RCAF |
| Registration: | 557 |
| MSN: | 18-2377 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Gander Airport, NL (YQX) -
 Canada
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Gander Airport, NL (YQX/CYQX) |
Crashed on approach to Gander Airport. The three crew members died in the crash.
Sources:
RCAF Locheed Lodestar 557
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