I'm pretty sure that P3 was flown by an exchange officer... possibly US Navy?
It was. And a repeat of a US Navy P-3 event at Cocos three years earlier that had similar leading edge collapse but landed safely. Interesting report on the investigation into the RAAF event by ARL. Design errors by Lockheed and manufacturing defects in the leading edge ribs part of the story.
Sad end for a plane
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