Accident Vought F4U-1 Corsair NZ5276,
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Date:Tuesday 11 July 1944
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic CORS model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vought F4U-1 Corsair
Owner/operator:18 Sqn RNZAF
Registration: NZ5276
MSN: 5113
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Cape St George, New Ireland -   Papua New Guinea
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Green Island
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Missing on ops.
Took off at 0545 hours and was last seen climbing into cloud.
Pilot-Officer Murray Nagel RNZAF missing, presumed dead.
R.I.P.

Sources:

NZ Serials

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
12-Jun-2009 00:28 angels one five Added
12-Jun-2009 03:15 angels one five Updated
12-Jun-2009 03:24 angels one five Updated
29-Jun-2010 19:13 angels one five Updated [Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Narrative]
29-Oct-2011 22:59 angels one five Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
21-Jan-2012 06:27 Nepa Updated [Operator, Phase]
10-Sep-2013 10:50 angels one five Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative]
21-Apr-2015 09:13 angels one five Updated [Operator]
14-Nov-2018 20:31 Nepa Updated [Operator, Phase, Operator]

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