ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 341546
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| Date: | Friday 30 January 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Short S.23 Empire Flying Boat Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | Qantas Empire Airways |
| Registration: | G-AEUH |
| MSN: | S.850 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1938 |
| Engine model: | Bristol Pegasus Xc |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 18 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | S off Timor -
 Indonesia
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Kupang-El Tari Airport (KOE/WATT) |
| Darwin Airport, NT (DRW/YPDN) |
The aircraft, named Corio, was operating extra service XWS160 to evacuate civilians from Java. It was shot down by Japanese fighters off the southern coast of Timor. Five of those aboard, including captain A.A. Koch and First Officer V. Lyne, survived the crash, swam to shore and were eventually rescued.
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photo (c) Maurice Jacquet; Alexandria Harbour, Egypt; 1941
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