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| Date: | Thursday 31 August 1916 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Caudron G.3 floatplane |
| Owner/operator: | New Zealand Flying School |
| Registration: | Unreg |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Mission Bay, Auckland -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Stalled and crashed into sea off Mission Bay. This aircraft was a rebuild of J W H Scotland's second Caudron land plane, rebuild completed late Dec 1915.
Sources:
1. David Rendel, 1975, Civil Aviation in New Zealand, A H & A W Reed.
2. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_Flying_School
3. The Press, 5 Mar 1964, 6 Mar 1964.
4. https://aeropedia.com.au/content/caudron-g-iii/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Jun-2022 22:06 | Ron Averes | Added |
| 06-Jun-2022 22:48 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, ] |
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