1942 Qantas Short Empire shootdown
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1942-qantas-short-empire-shootdown-214-2696959
title:
1942 Qantas Short Empire shootdown
text:
The 1942 Qantas Short Empire shoot-down was an incident that occurred in the early days of the Pacific War during World War II. A Short Empire flying boat airliner, Corio, operated by Qantas was shot down by Japanese aircraft off the coast of West Timor, Dutch East Indies, on 30 January 1942, killing 13 of the occupants.
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
1942 aviation accident
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1942_Qantas_Short_Empire_shootdown
date created:
2010-07-11T03:00:00Z
date modified:
2024-09-12T16:13:34Z
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fields total:
13
integrity:
16