ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 65573
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| Date: | Monday 22 November 1943 |
| Time: | 06:45 |
| Type: |  Curtiss P-40N Warhawk |
| Owner/operator: | 18 Sqn RNZAF |
| Registration: | NZ3169 |
| MSN: | 28784 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Near Treasury Islands, Western -
 Solomon Islands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Ondonga, New Georgia |
| Ondonga |
On 22 November 1943 eight P-40 of 18 Sqn RNZAF were on patrol off Treasury Islands when one of the pilots, Flg Off Peter Shiers Rishworth, had oil trouble with the engine of his P-40N-5-CU Kittyhawk NZ3169. He turned back towards Treasury Islands but had to bail out at 0645 hrs. He got down all right but didn’t release his parachute or something, and got dragged under.
This aircraft had been built by Curtis in Buffalo, New York, with the constructors number 28784. It was assigned U. S. Army serial number 42-105022, and was then disassembled and shipped overseas to be delivered to the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) as Kittyhawk serial number NZ3169. It was assembled by No.1 Aircraft Depot, Hobsonville and BoC at Hobsonville on 11 August 1943 and then went to 18 Sqn RNZAF.
Sources:
"Penguin Book Of New Zealanders At War", by Gavin McLean. ISBN 9780143008439.
http://www.pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/p-40/NZ3169.html
http://www.adf-serials.com.au/nz-serials/nzkittyhawk.htm
http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C31292
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasury_Islands
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=fr&lat=-7.387500&lon=155.558333&z=10
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Jun-2009 20:19 | angels one five | Added |
| 19-Sep-2009 21:59 | angels one five | Updated |
| 01-Mar-2010 21:27 | angels one five | Updated [Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Oct-2011 14:11 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Jan-2012 05:10 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Operator, Source] |
| 12-Sep-2013 22:31 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Operator, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 24-Jul-2015 10:16 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 14-Nov-2018 20:18 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 21-Nov-2018 17:22 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Jul-2023 04:37 | Ron Averes | Updated [[Time, Source, Narrative]] |
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