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| Date: | Monday 4 January 1943 |
| Time: | 18:26 |
| Type: |  Lockheed Lodestar II |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | EW986 |
| MSN: | 18-2154 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1942 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 3 km S of Heliopolis -
 Egypt
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Crashed in poor weather with downdraughts. On board was Air Marshal McClaughry, accompanied by his staff.
Sources:
Correio da Manhã 7 January 1943, p1
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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