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The crew was engaged in a local training mission out from Richmond AFB, NSW. En route, a fire erupted in the right engine nacelle and the crew obtained the permission to return for an emergency landing. The fire quickly spread to the engine and the right wing which detached shortly later. Out of control, the airplane crashed in a prairie and was totally destroyed upon impact. All eight crew members were killed. Crew (11th Squadron): S/Ldr Geoffrey Ronald Cullen, pilot, P/O George Ivan Holmes, co
Lockheed P-2 Neptune · 8 fatalities