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{{Infobox aircraft
  |name = Model 14 Super Electra
  |image = File:KLM Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra.jpg
  |caption = KLM Lockheed 14
  |type = Civil passenger and cargo transport
  |manufacturer = [[Lockheed Corporation]]
  |designer = 
  |first_flight = July 29, 1937
  |introduction = October 1937
  |retired =
  |status =
  |primary_user = Airlines
  |more_users =
  |produced =
  |number_built = 354
  |developed_from = [[Lockheed Model 10 Electra]]
  |variants = [[Kawasaki Ki-56]] <br> [[Lockheed Hudson]]
  |developed_into = [[Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar]]
}}

The '''Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra''' was an American civil passenger and cargo [[aircraft]] built by the [[Lockheed Aircraft Corporation]] during the late 1930s. An outgrowth of the earlier [[Lockheed Model 10 Electra|Model 10 Electra]], the Model 14 was also developed into larger, more capable civil and military versions.

==Design and development==
The design, developed by a team led by Don Palmer, was a scaled-up version of the original [[Lockheed Model 10 Electra|Model 10 Electra]], with passenger seating increased from 10 to 14. It was intended to compete commercially with the contemporary [[Douglas DC-2]] and the [[Boeing 247]]. The first Model 14 flew on July 29, 1937, piloted by [[Marshall Headle]]. Early 14's used the [[Pratt & Whitney R-1690 Hornet]] engine; later the [[Wright R-1820 Cyclone 9]] was offered as an option.

Lockheed built a total of 114 Model 14s; another 119 were built under license in [[Japan]] by the [[Tachikawa Aircraft Company]] under the designation '''Tachikawa Type LO Transport Aircraft''' ''Thelma''.
Another 121 were built by [[Kawasaki Aerospace Company|Kawasaki Aircraft Company]] under the designation Kawasaki Type 1 cargo transporter. The type 1's cargo fuselage was lengthened by {{convert|1.4|m|ftin|abbr=on}}, enabling the fitting of larger cargo doors.<ref>[http://military.sakura.ne.jp/ac/ki56.htm "Kawasaki Type 1."] ''sakura.ne.jp'' Retrieved: June 16, 2010.</ref>

In Japan during the late 1930s and early 1940s, in common with most large economies of the time, research was being conducted into pressurised cabins for high-altitude flight. In similar fashion to the [[Lockheed XC-35]], in the United States, [[Tachikawa Aircraft Company|Tachikawa]] incorporated a pressurised cabin into new forward and centre fuselage sections for one of the locally built '''Lockheed Type LO Transport Aircraft'''. The resulting research aircraft was given the long designation '''Tachikawa-Lockheed Type-B high altitude research aircraft''' and the company designation '''Tachikawa SS-1'''. The first conversion was completed in May 1943, re-engined with 2x {{convert|1080|hp|kW|abbr=on|order=flip}} [[Mitsubishi Ha-102]] 14-cylinder radial engines. The two conversions carried out a brief flight testing programme.

==Operational history==
The Model 14 entered commercial service with [[Northwest Airlines]] in the US in October 1937. Aircraft were exported for use by [[Aer Lingus]] of Ireland, [[British Airways Ltd (1935–39)|British Airways]] and [[KLM]] of the Netherlands. The Model 14 was the basis for development of the [[Lockheed Hudson]] maritime reconnaissance and [[light bomber]] aircraft operated by the [[Royal Air Force]], [[USAAF]], [[United States Navy]] and many others during [[World War II]].{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}

[[File:MunichAgreement.jpg|thumb|UK prime minister [[Neville Chamberlain|Chamberlain]] beside G-AFGN at [[Heston Aerodrome]], 1938]]
In 1938, British prime minister [[Neville Chamberlain]], after signing the [[Munich Agreement]], returned to London [[Heston Airport]] on board a British Airways Lockheed 14, and was famously photographed beside the aircraft (registration {{Airreg|G|AFGN}}),<ref name=Higham2016>{{cite book|title=Britain's Imperial Air Routes, 1918 to 1939: The story of Britain's overseas airlines |date=2016 |publisher=Fonthill |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SQfzDQAAQBAJ|isbn=978-1-78155-370-1|edition=Revised|pages=160–161}}</ref> showing to the crowd the signed document, which he would later that day describe as bringing "[[peace for our time]]".{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}

===Record-breaking flights===
In May 1938, a team of aviators of the Polish airline [[LOT Polish Airlines|LOT]], made up of Wacław Makowski, director of LOT and first pilot, Zbigniew Wysiekierski, second pilot, Szymon Piskorz, mechanic and radionavigator, Alfons Rzeczewski, radio-navigator and Jerzy Krassowski, assistant, accomplished an experimental flight from the United States to Poland. This flight was carried out on board one of the aircraft bought by LOT, manufactured by Lockheed in California, a Lockheed Model 14H Super Electra (of which the Polish registration was SP-LMK.<ref>Coates, Ed. [http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac5/ROW%20Europe/SP-LMK.html "SP-LMK  Lockheed 14-H."] ''edcoatescollection.com''. Retrieved: February 19, 2010.</ref>). The crew took off from Burbank (Los Angeles) where these aircraft were manufactured, and after a tour of South America, flew the Atlantic from Brazil to West Africa en route to Warsaw. A poster celebrating the flight can be seen in a US Library of Congress/Matson Archive photo of the LOT/Imperial Airways Sales office in Jerusalem about 1939.<ref>[https://www.flickr.com/photos/74784995@N00/2442043468/sizes/o/ "LOT Poster Historic Flight."] ''flickr.com''. Retrieved: March 1, 2010.</ref>

The distance covered was of {{convert|15,441|mi|km nmi|abbr=on}}. They flew via the cities of Mazatlan, Mexico City, Guatemala, and Panama, then via the South American cities of Lima, Peru; Santiago, Chile; Buenos Aires, Argentina; and Rio de Janeiro and [[Natal, Rio Grande do Norte|Natal]] in Brazil. They flew across the South Atlantic to Dakar, Senegal, in Africa and then to Casablanca, Tunis, and then on to Rome, Italy. The final leg of the flight brought them to Warsaw, Poland. The flying time was 85 hours between 13 May and 5 June. The overflight of the Atlantic - from Natal to Dakar - lasted 11 hours and 10 minutes (1,908&nbsp;mi/3,070&nbsp;km).<ref>''Po wielkim locie doświadczalnym P.L.L. "Lot"''. "Skrzydlata Polska" June-July 1938, nr. 6-7/1938 (164-165), p.172-173 {{in lang|pl}}</ref> This feat by Polish aviators marked the history of air communication on a world level. (Prior to this flight airliners were delivered across the Atlantic as deck cargo on ships <ref>[http://pallas.cegesoma.be/pls/opac/opac.search?lan=F&seop=6&sele=51&sepa=12&doty=___&sest=aeronautique--pologne&chna=&senu=68503&rqdb=1&dbnu=1 "Aviation en Pologne: (1934-1938)."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220121342/http://pallas.cegesoma.be/pls/opac/opac.search?lan=F&seop=6&sele=51&sepa=12&doty=___&sest=aeronautique--pologne&chna=&senu=68503&rqdb=1&dbnu=1 |date=2012-02-20 }} ''pallas.cegesoma.be''. Retrieved: February 19, 2010.</ref>).

[[Howard Hughes]] flew a Super Electra (NX18973) on a global [[circumnavigation]] flight. With four crewmates (Harry Connor, copilot; Tom Thurlow, navigator; Richard Stoddart, engineer; and Ed Lund, mechanic), the Lockheed 14 took off from [[Floyd Bennett Field]] in New York on July 10, 1938. The flight, which circled the narrower northern latitudes, passed through [[Paris]], [[Moscow]], [[Omsk]], [[Yakutsk]], [[Fairbanks, Alaska]] and [[Minneapolis]] before returning to New York.<ref name="Noah">{{cite book |last1=Dietrich |first1=Noah |last2=Thomas |first2=Bob |title=Howard, The Amazing Mr. Hughes |date=1972 |publisher=Fawcett Publications, Inc. |location=Greenwich |pages=136–139}}</ref><ref name="life19380725">[https://books.google.com/books?id=n08EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA9 "A Rich Young Texan with a Poet's Face Gets Hero's Welcome on World Flight."] ''Life '', July 25, 1938, pp. 9–11, 14. Retrieved: October 14, 2012.</ref> The total distance flown was 14,672&nbsp;mi (23,612&nbsp;km) and total time was 3 days, 19 hours, 17 minutes.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}

==Variants==
''Data from:''Lockheed Aircraft since 1913<ref name=FrancLock>Francillon 1987</ref>
;Model 14: The basic airliner version of the Super Electra, variants with cabin arrangement changes, engine types etc. denoted by an alpha-numeric suffix.
;Model 14H:20 aircraft powered by 2x {{convert|875|hp|kW|abbr=on}} [[Pratt & Whitney R-1690-S1E-G Hornet]] engines
;Model 14H-2:32 aircraft powered by 2x {{convert|875|hp|kW|abbr=on}} [[R-1690-S1E2-G]] engines, 12 of which were re-engined with {{convert|1200|hp|kW|abbr=on}} [[Pratt & Whitney R-1830-S1C3-G Twin Wasp]] engines to become 14-08s.
;Model C-14H-1:A single 14-H (c/n 1401) converted with a bulged cabin roof and large freight door for carriage of bulky loads, later re-converted to 14-H for airline use in [[Brazil]] and [[Nicaragua]].
;Model 14-08:12 14H-2s re-engined with {{convert|1200|hp|kW|abbr=on}} [[R-1830-S1C3-G]] engines by [[Trans-Canada Air Lines]] (TCA)
;Model 14-WF62:An exclusively export version powered by 2x {{convert|900|hp|kW|abbr=on}} [[Wright SGR-1820-F62 Cyclone]] engines for [[British Airways]] (8), [[KLM]] (11) and [[Aer Lingus]] (2).
;Model 14-WG3B:Another export version, a.k.a. 14-G3B, powered by 2x {{convert|900|hp|kW|abbr=on}} [[GR-1820-G2B]] engines. With the exception of four aircraft delivered to [[Romania]], all WG3Bs were delivered to Japan, either to [[Tachikawa Hikoki K.K.]] for re-sale or direct to the operator [[Nihon Hikoki K.K.]] (Greater Japan Airways Co. Ltd).
;Model 14-N:Two aircraft were completed as personal transports as 14-Ns, powered by 2x {{convert|1100|hp|kW|abbr=on}} [[GR-1820-G105]] engines.
;Model 14-N2:One aircraft built for [[Howard Hughes]], for a round the world flight, powered by 2x {{convert|1100|hp|kW|abbr=on}} [[GR-1820-G102]] and fitted with auxiliary tanks in the cabin as well as, survival equipment, navigation equipment and communication equipment.
;Model 14-N3: One aircraft with 2x {{convert|1100|hp|kW|abbr=on}} [[GR-1820-G105A]] engines
;Lockheed Type LO Transport Aircraft:Long designation given to 30 Model 14-WG3B aircraft delivered by Lockheed for use by [[Nihon Koku K.K.]] (Greater Japan Airways Co. Ltd). Given the allied reporting name '''Toby'''.
;C-111
:Three civil Model 14s impressed in Australia. FY1944 serials assigned after the fact
;XR4O-1
:One L-14 (USN 1441, mfr. serial 1482) used as USN executive transport
;Tachikawa Type LO Transport Aircraft
:Japanese licence production of the Model 14-38 by the [[Tachikawa Aircraft Company Ltd]] (立川飛行機株式会社 Tachikawa Hikōki K.K.?) powered by 2x {{convert|900|hp|kW|abbr=on}} [[Mitsubishi Shinten|Mitsubishi Ha-26-I]] 14 cylinder radial engines. The 119 production aircraft were given the allied reporting name '''Thelma'''.
;Kawasaki Army Type 1 Freight Transport
:Long designation of the Ki-56
;Kawasaki Ki-56
: Freight transport aircraft redesigned by Takei Doi at [[Kawasaki Kokuki Kogoyo K.K.]] (Kawasaki Aircraft Company), from the Type LO. Careful attention to weight reduction, a {{convert|1.5|m|ftin|abbr=on}} increase in rear fuselage length and power from 2x {{convert|950|hp|kW|abbr=on}} [[Nakajima Sakae|Nakajima Ha-25]] 14-cylinder radial engines improved performance and handling. The 121 production aircraft were given the Allied reporting name '''Thalia'''.

==Operators==
[[File:Lockheed 14 PH-ASL KLM Ringway 13.08.38 edited-2.jpg|thumb|[[KLM]] operated two Lockheed 14s within Europe during 1938/39]]

===Civilian===
;{{AUS}}
* [[Guinea Airways]]
* [[Qantas Empire Airways]]
;{{BEL}}
* [[SABENA]] (in Africa)
* John Mahieu Aviation (postwar)
;{{BRA}}
* [[Aerovias Brasil]]
* [[Linhas Aéreas Paulistas – LAP]]
;{{CAN}}
* [[Trans-Canada Air Lines]] 16 Lockheed Super Electra 14H2, 12 modified to model 14-08 standard{{cn|date=November 2018}}
* [[Canadian Pacific Air Lines]]
;{{Flag|Dutch East Indies}}
* [[KNILM]] (Royal Dutch Indies Airways)
;{{FRA}}
* [[Air Afrique]] (the prewar airline, unrelated to the postwar airline of the same name)
* [[Air France]]
;{{HON}}
* [[TACA International Airlines|TACA Airways System]]
;{{IRL}}
* [[Aer Lingus|Aer Lingus Teoranta]]
;{{JPN}}
* [[Japan Air Transport]] (''Nihon Kōkū Yusō KK'')
* [[Imperial Japanese Airways]] (''Dai Nippon Kōkū KK''), which Japan Air Transport was merged into.
;{{flag|Manchukuo}}
* [[Manchuria Aviation Company]] operated an unknown number of Tachikawa Type LO aircraft.
;{{Flag|Netherlands}}
* [[KLM]] (mostly for KLM's West Indian Section in the Caribbean)
;{{POL}}
* [[LOT Polish Airlines]] operated 10 aircraft between May 1938 and September 1939. Two aircraft (SP-BNG and SP-BNJ) crashed. When WWII started four aircraft (SP-BNH, SP-BPK, SP-BNE and SP-BPL) were evacuated to Romania and finally took over by LARES. One aircraft (SP-BPN) was interned in Estonia and three (SP-BNF, SP-BPM and SP-LMK) were evacuated to the United Kingdom. Two of them were taken over by BOAC in mid-1940.
;{{POR}}
* [[LAM Mozambique Airlines|DETA Mozambique Airways]] (serving Portugal's colony of [[Mozambique (Portugal)|Mozambique]])
;{{ROM}}
* [[TAROM#The beginnings|LARES]] (''Liniile Aeriene Române Exploatate cu Statul'')
;{{Flag|Trinidad and Tobago|colonial}}
* [[British West Indian Airways]]
;{{UK}}
* [[British Airways Ltd.]] (not to be confused with the modern airline of the same name)
* [[British Overseas Airways Corporation|BOAC]] (British Overseas Airways Corporation), which British Airways Ltd. was merged into.
;{{USA}}
* [[Northwest Airlines]]
* [[Continental Air Lines]]
* [[Santa Maria Airlines]]
;{{flag|Venezuela|1930}}
* [[Línea Aeropostal Venezolana]] (LAV)

===Military===
;{{flag|Canada|1921}}
* [[Royal Canadian Air Force]]
;{{flag|Estonia}}
* [[Estonian Air Force]] operated one aircraft, ex-Polish SP-BPN interned on 4 September 1939. This Super Electra was used for VIP flights between 1939 and 1940.
;{{flag|Japan}}
* [[Imperial Japanese Army]]
;{{flag|South Africa|1928}}
* [[South African Air Force]]
;{{flag|Soviet Union|1936}}
* [[Soviet Air Force]] took over single ex-Polish Super Electra after seizing Estonia in 1940. Aircraft was crashed during takeoff from Riga to Moscow in October 1940. Wreck was still present on the airfield during German invasion in 1941.
;{{flag|United Kingdom}}
* [[Royal Air Force]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Osborn |first1=Patrick R. |title=Operation Pike : Britain versus the Soviet Union, 1939-1941 |date=2000 |publisher=Greenwood Press |isbn=9780313313684 |pages=146 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=39Q6uCjQEWQC&pg=PA146}}</ref>
;{{USA}}
* [[United States Army Air Forces]]
* [[United States Navy]]

==Accidents and incidents==
* On January 10, 1938, [[Northwest Airlines Flight 2]], an L14H, crashed near Bozeman, Montana, due to structural failure caused by a design defect, killing all 10 passengers and crew on board.
* On May 16, 1938, a Northwest Airlines L14H2 (NC17394) struck Stroh Peak (near Saugus, California) while on a delivery flight, killing all nine on board.<ref>{{ASN accident|title= NC17394|id= 19380516-0|accessdate= 21 June 2017}}</ref>
* On July 8, 1938, Northwest Airlines Flight 4, an L14H (NC17383), stalled and crashed on takeoff from Billings Municipal Airport, killing one of 10 on board.<ref>{{ASN accident|title= NC17383|id= 19380708-0|accessdate= 9 January 2013}}</ref>
* On July 22, 1938, a [[LOT Polish Airlines]] L14H (SP-BNG) crashed near Stulpicani, Romania, killing all 14 on board; the cause was unknown, but the aircraft may have been struck by lightning.<ref>{{ASN accident|title= SP-BNG|id= 19380722-0|accessdate= 9 January 2013}}</ref>
* On November 18, 1938, a [[Trans-Canada Air Lines]] L14H2 (CF-TCL) crashed shortly after takeoff from Regina Airport, killing both pilots.<ref>{{ASN accident|title= CF-TCL|id= 19381118-1|accessdate= 9 January 2013}}</ref>
* On November 22, 1938, a [[British Airways Ltd.]] L14-WF62 (G-AFGO) crashed at Walton Bay, Somerset while on a test flight, killing both pilots Commander E. G. Robinson and Commander Robert P. J. Leborgne.<ref>{{ASN accident|title= G-AFGO|id= 19381122-0|accessdate= 9 January 2013}}</ref>
* On December 9, 1938, a [[KLM]] L14-WF62 (PH-APE, ''Ekster'') crashed on takeoff from Schiphol Municipal Airport due to engine failure while on a training flight, killing all four on board.<ref>{{ASN accident|title= PH-APE|id= 19381209-0|accessdate= 9 January 2013}}</ref>
* On January 13, 1939, [[Northwest Airlines Flight 1]], an L14H, crashed on takeoff from Miles City Municipal Airport following a cockpit fire, killing all four on board.
* On January 18, 1939, a Guinea Airways L14H (VH-ABI, ''Koranga'') crashed on takeoff from Tindal Airport following a loss of altitude, killing all four on board.<ref>{{ASN accident|title= VH-ABI|id= 19390118-0|accessdate= 22 June 2017}}</ref>
* On May 17, 1939, an [[Imperial Japanese Airways]] L14-WG3B (J-BCOZ) crashed on takeoff from Fukuoka Airport after the aircraft struck a fence, killing six of 11 on board.<ref>{{ASN accident|title= J-BCOZ|id= 19390517-0|accessdate= 21 June 2017}}</ref>
* On December 21, 1939, a British Airways, Ltd. L14-WF62 (G-AFYU) ditched in the Mediterranean 300&nbsp;mi off Alexandria, Egypt killing five of 11 on board.<ref>{{ASN accident|title= G-AFYU|id= 19391221-0|accessdate= 9 January 2013}}</ref>
* On January 22, 1940, a [[KNILM]] L14-WF62 (PK-AFO) crashed off Ngurah Rai Bali International Airport after losing altitude on takeoff, killing eight of nine on board.<ref>{{ASN accident|title= PK-AFO|id= 19400122-0|accessdate= 9 January 2013}}</ref>
* On April 22, 1940, a BOAC L14-WF62 (G-AFKD, ''Loch Invar'') crashed near Loch Lomond, Scotland while being ferried from Perth International Airport to Heston Airport, killing all three crew on board.<ref>{{ASN accident|title= G-AKFD|id= 19400422-0|accessdate= 9 January 2013}}</ref>
* On November 10, 1940, RAF L14N2 ''AX688'' stalled and crashed shortly after takeoff from Nairobi during bad weather, killing all on board.<ref>{{ASN accident|title= AX688|id= 19401110-0|accessdate= 22 June 2017}}</ref>
* On February 6, 1941, a Trans-Canada Air Lines L14H2 (CF-TCP) crashed into trees while on approach to Armstrong Airport, killing all 12 passengers and crew on board.<ref>{{ASN accident|title= CF-TCP|id= 19410206-0|accessdate= 9 January 2013}}</ref>
* On February 20, 1941, Royal Air Force Hudson III ''T9449'' suffered a double engine failure and crashed near Musgrave Harbour, Newfoundland. The pilot Captain Joseph Mackey survived, but the two other crew and the sole passenger, Canadian doctor, and Nobel Laureate, [[Sir Frederick Banting]], died.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=74088|title=ASN Wikibase Occurrence #74088|website=Aviation Safety Network|access-date=21 January 2015}}</ref>
* On December 18, 1941, an [[Aeroflot]] L14H (CCCP-L3453) stalled and crashed near Khodynka Field following engine failure during a test flight, killing two of three on board.<ref>{{ASN accident|title= CCCP-L3453|id= 19411218-0|accessdate= 21 June 2017}}</ref>
* On August 22, 1942, a [[ALM Antillean Airlines|KLM West Indies Service]] L14-WF62 (PJ-AIP) crashed shortly after takeoff from Piarco Airport, killing all 13 on board.<ref>{{ASN accident|title= PJ-AIP|id= 19420822-1|accessdate= 22 June 2017}}</ref>
* On December 20, 1942, a [[Canadian Pacific Air Lines]] L14H2 (CF-TPD) crashed into Mount William Knight, killing all 13 passengers and crew on board; the wreckage was found in August 1943.<ref>{{ASN accident|title= CF-TPD|id= 19421220-2|accessdate= 9 January 2013}}</ref>
* On January 13, 1943, an [[Air France]] L14H2 (F-ARRF) crashed at Aguelhok, Mali due to engine failure, killing all three crew on board.<ref>{{ASN accident|title= F-ARRF|id= 19430113-1|accessdate= 9 January 2013}}</ref>
* On May 19, 1943 [[RAF]] Hudson IIIA ''FH168'' (c/n 414-6458) Crashed in attempted forced landing 7 miles south of [[RAF St Eval]], England, as a result of engine failure. Two of the crew were killed, including, [[Air Commodore]] Sir [[Nigel Norman]] who was thrown from the aircraft and broke his neck. He was on his way to the Middle East for an [[airborne forces]] planning conference. Also killed in the crash was P/O (Obs) Arthur Rotenberg, J/16615 buried in [[St Columb Major]] Cemetery<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/97/a7714497.shtml|title=BBC - WW2 People's War - St Dennis and Goss Moor - Military Aircraft Crashes|date=12 December 2006|access-date=21 June 2017}}</ref>
* On August 26, 1943, a British West Indian Airways L14H (VP-TAH) burned out at Piarco Airport during refueling.<ref>{{ASN accident|title= VP-TAH|id= 19430826-3|accessdate= 22 June 2017}}</ref>
* On April 22, 1946, a TACA de Nicaragua B14S (AN-ACC) crashed on takeoff from La Libertad Airstrip, killing 18 of 21 on board in the deadliest accident involving the Super Electra.<ref>{{ASN accident|title= AN-ACC|id= 19460422-0|accessdate= 22 June 2017}}</ref>
* On October 29, 1948, an R.A Brand & Co. Ltd. L14-08 (G-AKPD) crashed off [[Elba]], killing all four passengers and crew on board; the wreckage was found in March 1954 during the search for [[BOAC Flight 781]].<ref>{{ASN accident|title= G-AKPD|id= 19481029-0|accessdate= 9 January 2013}}</ref>
* On July 14, 1951, an Airtaco L14H (SE-BTN) crashed on takeoff from Stockholm due to double engine failure caused by fuel starvation, killing four of six on board.<ref>{{ASN accident|title= SE-BTN|id= 19510714-0|accessdate= 9 January 2013}}</ref>
* On June 16, 1955, a TAPSA L14H2 (OB-QAG-338) crashed on takeoff from Tarapoto Airport due to loss of control after the cargo shifted, killing all three on board.<ref>{{ASN accident|title= OB-QAG-338|id= 19550616-0|accessdate= 22 June 2017}}</ref>

==Specifications (Model 14-WF62 Super Electra)==
[[File:Lockheed 14 Super Electra 3-view line drawing.png|thumb|3-view drawing of the Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra]]

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|minimum control speed mph=
|minimum control speed kts=
|minimum control speed note=
|range km=
|range miles=850
|range nmi=
|range note= at max weight {{convert|17500|lb|kg|abbr=on}}
|ferry range km=
|ferry range miles=2125
|ferry range nmi=
|ferry range note=
|endurance=<!-- if range unknown -->
|ceiling m=
|ceiling ft=24500
|ceiling note=
|g limits=<!-- aerobatic -->
|roll rate=<!-- aerobatic -->
|glide ratio=<!-- sailplanes -->
|climb rate ms=
|climb rate ftmin=1520
|climb rate note=
|time to altitude=
|sink rate ms=<!-- sailplanes -->
|sink rate ftmin=<!-- sailplanes -->
|sink rate note=
|lift to drag=
|wing loading kg/m2=138.7
|wing loading lb/sqft=
|wing loading note=
|disk loading kg/m2=
|disk loading lb/sqft=
|disk loading note=
|fuel consumption kg/km=
|fuel consumption lb/mi=
|power/mass=0.115 hp/lb (0.256 kW/kg)
|thrust/weight=

|more performance=
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        Armament
-->
|armament=<!-- add bulletted list here or if you want to use the following
specific parameters, remove this parameter-->
|guns=
|bombs=
|rockets=
|missiles=
|hardpoints=
|hardpoint capacity=
|hardpoint rockets=
|hardpoint missiles=
|hardpoint bombs=
|hardpoint other=

|avionics=
}}

==See also==
{{aircontent|
|related=
* [[Kawasaki Ki-56]]
* [[Lockheed Model 10 Electra]]
* [[Lockheed Model 12 Electra Junior]]
* [[Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar]]
* [[Lockheed Hudson]]
|similar aircraft=
|lists=
* [[List of aircraft of World War II]]
* [[List of military aircraft of the United States]]
* [[List of United States Navy aircraft designations (pre-1962)]]
* [[List of Lockheed aircraft]]
|see also=
* [[Lockheed L-188 Electra]], an unrelated Lockheed airliner later bearing the same name
}}

==References==

===Notes===
{{Reflist}}

===Bibliography===
{{Refbegin}}
* Francillon, Rene J. ''Lockheed Aircraft since 1913''. London: Putnam Aeronautical Books, Second edition 1987. {{ISBN|0-8-7021-897-2}}.
{{Refend}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* [http://joebaugher.com/usattack/a28_1.html Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra, C-111]
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080313165020/http://www.microworks.net/pacific/aviation/PBO_Hudson.htm |date=March 13, 2008 |title=Lockheed PBO Hudson, Lockheed R4O Super Electra }}

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