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Guinea Airways Ltd. : Aircraft wreckage Electra VH-ABI [B 57200/103] • Photograph

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Summary

Wreckage of the Koranga, Lockheed Super Electra L14H, VH-ABI owned by Guinea Airways. Koranga left Darwin for Adelaide via Katherine and Alice Springs on the morning of Wednesday 18 January 1939 with 1 passenger and 700lb of airmail. The aircraft attempted to takeoff from Katherine airport at 7.50am but failed to gain altitude and crashed in the Katherine River, killing all four on board. They were Captain John Jukes, Captain Cecil Clarke, First Officer Peter Donegan, and passenger Alexander McDonald.

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Physical description

Photograph (b&w print); 8.2 cm x 15.4 cm

Dates / Publication details

1939

Collection

Part of Album Collection

Subject

Guinea Airways Ltd
Airplanes
Aircraft accidents -- Northern Territory -- Katherine River

Catalogue record

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General notes

The one hundred and third of 303 photographs in an album.

Digitisation information

Date

13/10/2004

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,452 x 1,875 pixels (6.5 MP)

Size

6.50 MB

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