Accident Lockheed 18-40-11 Lodestar VHCAH,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 341242
 

Date:Monday 30 November 1942
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic L18 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Lockheed 18-40-11 Lodestar
Owner/operator:Australian National Airways - ANA
Registration: VHCAH
MSN: 18-2125
Year of manufacture:1941
Fatalities:Fatalities: / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Category:Accident
Location:Buna -   Papua New Guinea
Phase: Landing
Nature:Unknown
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
The Dubudora Airstrip was being bombed as the Lodestar was making its approach. It was hit by machine gun fire and crash-landed on the airstrip.

Sources:

The Lockheed Twins / Peter J Marson

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
20 February 1942 LT-922 ML-KNIL (Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force) 0 Brisbane-Archerfield Airport, QLD w/o

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