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| Date: | Friday 26 January 1945 |
| Time: | 06:00 |
| Type: |  Lockheed C-60A-5-LO Lodestar |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Australian Air Force - RAAF |
| Registration: | A67-6 |
| MSN: | 18-2610 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Merauke-Mopah Airport (MKQ) -
 Indonesia
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Merauke-Mopah Airport (MKQ/WAKK) |
Ground-looped on takeoff following the burst of a tyre. The Lodestar caught fire.
Sources:
The Lockheed Twins / Peter J Marson
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