1940 Canberra air disaster
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1940-canberra-air-disaster-181-3320003
title:
1940 Canberra air disaster
text:
The 1940 Canberra air disaster was an aircraft crash that occurred near Canberra, the capital of Australia, on 13 August 1940, during World War II. All ten people on board were killed: six passengers, including three members of the Australian Cabinet and the Chief of the General Staff; and four crew. The aircraft is believed to have stalled on its landing approach, when it was too low to recover. The deaths of the three cabinet ministers severely weakened the United Australia Party government of
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Air crash in Australia
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940_Canberra_air_disaster
date created:
2005-12-24T12:00:50Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T20:44:35Z
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