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Out of a total of 18 passengers and crew, 13 were killed in the attack. Koch, wounded in an arm and leg, was thrown out of the wreckage by the impact. However, he managed to swim ashore, a feat which took him three hours. Koch and the other survivors were later rescued by a
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Aviation accidents and incidents in the Dutch East Indies
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Wire service, "Five of 18 Survive Jap Attack on Plane",
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Flying
Empires: Short āCā class Empire flying boats
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1614:Sumatra Indonesian Air Force C-130 crash
1336:Jakarta Indonesian Air Force C-130 crash
1523:Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 9760D
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1598:Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 6517
1558:Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 8968
1352:Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 5601
559:Challenging Horizons: Qantas 1939ā1954
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389:. On 22 April 1943, Koch was piloting
1582:Indonesian Air Force Fokker F27 crash
1542:Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 836
1491:Indonesian Air Force Fokker F27 crash
1376:Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 106
1360:Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 724
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1277:Garuda Indonesian Airways Flight 150
1240:Garuda Indonesian Airways Flight 708
1232:Garuda Indonesian Airways Flight 542
1224:Garuda Indonesian Airways Flight 424
1261:Indian Ocean Vickers Viscount crash
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161:1942 Qantas Short Empire shoot-down
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1419:Dirgantara Air Service Flight 3130
1368:Dirgantara Air Service Flight 5940
799:Australian Airlines (formerly TAA)
311:, was then leased back to Qantas.
22:1942 Qantas Short Empire shootdown
14:
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1574:Mount Salak Sukhoi Superjet crash
416:1942 KNILM Douglas DC-3 shootdown
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295:, was built as an S.23 Empire by
37:similar to the aircraft involved.
1662:Indonesian Air Force C-130 crash
1507:Indonesian Air Force L-100 crash
1111:Aeroflot Tupolev ANT-20bis crash
975:Aviation accidents and incidents
1192:RAAF Douglas C-47 disappearance
1089:Aeroflot Li-2 Krasnoyarsk crash
1039:Herefordshire TRE Halifax crash
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387:experienced two major air raids
1756:Qantas accidents and incidents
1566:Nusantara Buana Air Flight 823
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411:List of Qantas fatal accidents
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1285:1979 Garuda Fokker F28 crash
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524:The San Bernardino Daily Sun
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1451:Mandala Airlines Flight 091
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1392:Garuda Indonesia Flight 152
1344:Mandala Airlines Flight 660
1317:Garuda Indonesia Flight 035
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1069:Ruislip Wellington accident
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804:Australia Asia Airlines
1771:1942 disasters in Asia
1622:Trigana Air Flight 267
1384:Sempati Air Flight 304
380:Royal Netherlands Navy
350:was fired on by seven
16:1942 aviation accident
1638:Batik Air Flight 7703
1515:Mimika Air Flight 514
922:Qantas Frequent Flyer
853:Australian airExpress
733:Partly owned airlines
474:Cassidy 2004, p. 164.
1630:Aviastar Flight 7503
1208:Air India Flight 300
695:National Jet Systems
662:Southern Cross Route
1766:January 1942 events
1736:Mass murder in 1942
1670:Lion Air Flight 610
1590:Lion Air Flight 904
1467:Adam Air Flight 172
1459:Adam Air Flight 574
1435:Lion Air Flight 538
1129:► 1943
1123:1941 ◄
887:Former subsidiaries
809:Australian Airlines
378:flying boat of the
352:Mitsubishi A6M Zero
214:General information
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1059:Dunbeath air crash
830:Qantas New Zealand
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700:Sunstate Airlines
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999:TWA Flight 3
927:Qantas House
752:Jetstar Asia
746:Fiji Airways
603:Main airline
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557:Gunn, John.
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1584:(June 2012)
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1311:(June 1982)
1287:(July 1979)
832:(franchise)
760:Orange Star
754:(including
363:wing floats
176:flying boat
165:Pacific War
124:Destination
1715:Categories
1576:(May 2012)
1560:(May 2011)
1509:(May 2009)
1100:Little Eva
873:Qudos Bank
819:Jetconnect
685:QantasLink
422:References
395:New Guinea
333:West Timor
315:Air attack
271:In service
192:West Timor
178:airliner,
142:Fatalities
68:West Timor
900:StarTrack
878:TripADeal
610:Accidents
282:Shot down
274:1938ā1942
150:Survivors
134:Occupants
59:Shootdown
783:Airnorth
405:See also
355:fighters
337:Surabaya
188:Japanese
94:Operator
78:Aircraft
43:Accident
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977:in 1942
762:) (49%)
756:Valuair
717:Jetstar
620:History
509:11 July
456:11 July
391:Camilla
323:, left
266:History
167:during
56:Summary
1251:1970s-
1174:1940s-
1107:Dec 14
1085:Nov 17
1075:Oct 23
1065:Oct 18
1055:Aug 25
1045:Aug 16
1005:Jan 30
995:Jan 16
758:&
722:Routes
647:Routes
642:Museum
596:Qantas
329:Kupang
325:Darwin
309:G-AEUH
301:VH-ABD
261:G-AEUH
246:Qantas
242:Owners
184:Qantas
109:G-AEUH
98:Qantas
1681:2020s
1534:2010s
1411:2000s
1328:1990s
1253:1980s
1176:1960s
1095:Dec 2
1035:Jun 7
1025:May 4
1015:Mar 3
902:(50%)
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838:(23%)
826:(33%)
768:(33%)
748:(46%)
742:(20%)
630:Fleet
450:(PDF)
427:Notes
368:Corio
348:Corio
289:Corio
209:Corio
180:Corio
981:1942
836:TEAL
511:2010
458:2010
279:Fate
225:S.23
219:Type
171:. A
159:The
89:S.23
64:Site
48:Date
868:QIK
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