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
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	3 km S of Heliopolis -   Egypt
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Crashed in poor weather with downdraughts. On board was Air Marshal McClaughry, accompanied by his staff.

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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