Accident Vickers Vincent NZ332,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 65541
 
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Date:Tuesday 8 December 1942
Time:
Type:Vickers Vincent
Owner/operator:8 Sqn RNZAF
Registration: NZ332
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage: Aircraft missing
Location:Missing, Hawke's Bay -   New Zealand
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RNZAF Gisborne
Destination airport:RNZAF Gisborne
Narrative:
No 8 Squadron, Gisborne.
Disappeared while searching for an unidentified ship off the East Coast. Search area was from Gisborne, over Portland Island, to a point 20 miles south of Cape Turnagain. Last contact with crew was at 1644, then nothing.
Crew: F/O Harry Kinder, F/O Charles Turnbull, and Sgt Nepia Stewart R.I.P.

Sources:

NZ Archives.
NZ Serials: www.adf-serials.com.au/nz-serials/nzvincent.htm
Missing aircraft: www.findlostaircraft.co.nz/nz332.html

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
11-Jun-2009 17:03 angels one five Added
07-Oct-2009 17:01 angels one five Updated
17-Jan-2012 10:48 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Source, Narrative]
15-Sep-2013 08:31 angels one five Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative]
02-Jan-2016 12:08 Angel dick one five Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative]
23-May-2018 00:12 Ron Averes Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Damage, Narrative]
08-Aug-2020 04:32 Ron Averes Updated [Location]
12-Sep-2020 00:36 Ron Averes Updated [Operator]
12-Sep-2020 01:41 Ron Averes Updated [Operator]
16-Feb-2022 04:19 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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