ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 164378
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| Date: | Monday 1 November 1943 |
| Time: | 13:25 |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 3 SFTS RNZAF |
| Registration: | NZ1438 |
| MSN: | DHNZ118 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Harris Field LG, Canterbury -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RNZAF Harewood, Christchurch, New Zealand |
de Havilland DH.82a Tiger Moth MSN DHNZ.118. Taken on charge as NZ1438 at Rongotai 18.8.42. To 3 EFTS, RNZAF Harewood, Christchurch 9.42.
Written off (destroyed) in a Mid air collision with Tiger Moth NZ762 at Harris Field near Harewood at 13:25 on 1 November 1943 while being operated by No.3 EFTS. Flying Officer Travis Osborn and LAC Robert Hulbert in NZ762, and Pilot Officer Ralph Stringer and LAC Maxwell Beattie in NZ1438 all died in the accident. According to a contemporary local newpaper account of the incident ("Auckland Star", Volume LXXIV, Issue 260, 2 November 1943, Page 4):
"1 November 1943 - Two aircraft of the Royal New Zealand Air Force collided in midair yesterday near a South Island Air Force station. Each aircraft contained an instructor and an airman pilot under training, all of whom lost their lives. The personnel concerned were:—
Flying-Officer Travis Lester OSBORN, 27 years — Mr T L A Osborn, Hamilton (father).
Leading-Aircraftman Robert Lindsay HULBERT, 19 years —Christchurch.
Pilot-Officer Ralph Keith STRINGER, 26 years — Motueka.
Leading Aircraftman Maxwell BEATTIE, 22 years"
Crew of Tiger Moth NZ1438:
Pilot Officer Ralph Keith Stringer RNZAF (Instructor Pilot, Service Number: 391086, aged 26) - killed in service 1.11.43.
Leading Aircraftman Maxwell Beattie RNZAF (Pupil Pilot u/t, Service Number 4211834, aged 21) - killed in service 1.11.43.
Tiger Moth NZ1438 was Written off the books at Harewood on 8.11.43 as reduced to spares.
Sources:
1. Auckland Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue 260, 2 November 1943, Page 4
2. http://www.adf-serials.com.au/nz-serials/nzdh82.htm
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/pNZ0.html
5. https://www.sooty.nz/miscairdeaths.html
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2920234/RALPH%20KEITH%20STRINGER/
7. https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2919754/MAXWELL%20BEATTIE/
8. https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/ralph-keith-stringer
9. https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/maxwell-beattie
10. https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C20699
11. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=NZ%201438
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Mar-2014 18:09 | Masen63 | Added |
| 04-Mar-2014 11:15 | TB | Updated [Date, Time, Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 30-Dec-2014 23:39 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Nature] |
| 14-Sep-2020 22:17 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator] |
| 20-Aug-2021 19:26 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Jan-2022 02:25 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location] |
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