What the records say
- When
- 30 Jan 1942
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 5.00° S, 120.00° E
- Description
- when the
- Deaths
- 13
1942 Qantas Short Empire shootdown
1942 aviation accident
The 1942 Qantas Short Empire shoot-down occurred in the early days of the Pacific War during World War II. Corio, a Short Empire flying boat airliner 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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