Tragedy at Kufra
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tragedy-at-kufra-223-1776389
title:
Tragedy at Kufra
text:
The Tragedy at Kufra occurred in May 1942 during World War II, when 11 of 12 South African aircrew flying in three Bristol Blenheim Mark IV aircraft of No. 15 Squadron of the South African Air Force died of thirst and exposure, after the flight became lost following a navigational error near the oasis of Kufra in Libya and made a forced landing in the Libyan Desert.
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
1942 aviation incident
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_at_Kufra
date created:
2006-11-20T12:52:52Z
date modified:
2024-09-14T04:36:11Z
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