What the records say
- When
- 3 Mar 1942
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 17.12° S, 122.26° E
- Description
- airliner shot down during World War II over Western Australia
- Deaths
- 4
- Participants
- 12
- Cause
- Mitsubishi A6M Zero, dogfight
1942 KNILM Douglas DC-3 shootdown
Airliner shot down during World War II over Western Australia
On 3 March 1942, PK-AFV, a Douglas DC-3-194 airliner operated by KNILM, was shot down over Western Australia by Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service fighter aircraft, resulting in the deaths of four passengers and the loss of diamonds worth an estimated A£ 150,000 – 300,000, equivalent to A$12.5 – 25 million in 2022.
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