ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 65589
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| Date: | Wednesday 22 March 1944 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 1 EFTS RNZAF |
| Registration: | NZ832 |
| MSN: | DHNZ82 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Taieri AFB, Otago -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Taieri, Dunedin, New Zealand (NZTI) |
de Havilland DH82a Tiger Moth MSN DHNZ.82: Taken on charge as NZ832 at Rongotai 22.7.41. To 1 EFTS, Taieri [by 3.44]
Written off (destroyed) 22.3.44: Two Tiger Moths, NZ832 and NZ871, collided in flight at an altitude of 500 feet. One of the lower wings of NZ832 collapsed and the aircraft spun to the ground and caught fire. The pilot of NZ832 was killed in the crash. According to a contemporary local newspaper ("Evening Post", Volume CXXXVII, Issue 70, 23 March 1944, Page 6):
"22 March 1944 - When two aircraft of the Royal New Zealand Air Force collided during solo flying training at a South Island air station, Leading Aircraftman Andrew Scot DOWNIE lost his life. The pilot of the second machine was not injured. Leading Aircraftman Downie was born at Ormond, near Gisborne. His next-of-kin is his mother, Mrs R G Downie, 39 Oliver Road, Point Chevalier, Auckland".
Crew of Tiger Moth NZ832:
LAC (NZ439804) Andrew Scot DOWNIE (PIlot) RNZAF - killed in service 22.3.44
NZ832 was Written off books at Taieri on 15.4.44.
The other Tiger Moth involved, NZ871, does not seem to have been seriously damaged and survived its wartime training career to be issued to a civilian flying club in 1949 as ZK-ASF
Sources:
1. Evening Post, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 70, 23 March 1944, Page 6
2. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
3. https://www.sooty.nz/miscairdeaths.html
4. http://www.adf-serials.com.au/nz-serials/nzdh82.htm
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2919542/ANDREW%20SCOT%20DOWNIE/
6. https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C23341
7. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/pNZ0.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Jun-2009 00:09 | angels one five | Added |
| 01-Oct-2009 11:33 | angels one five | Updated |
| 09-Jan-2012 16:19 | angels one five | Updated [Registration, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Jan-2012 06:33 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 19-Mar-2012 00:27 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 30-Oct-2013 08:39 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 15-Nov-2018 10:31 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 22-Aug-2021 00:57 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 22-Aug-2021 16:41 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 22-Jan-2022 02:08 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Location] |
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