ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 48606
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| Date: | Friday 23 October 1942 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Airspeed Oxford Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 1 BOTU RNZAF |
| Registration: | NZ277 |
| MSN: | 499 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Mt Taranaki, Egmont NP -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | New Plymouth |
| New Plymouth |
Airspeed AS-10 Oxford Mk I P2030. Built by Airspeed Ltd, Portsmouth, England. Brought On Charge with Unit No.1, RNZAF Hobsonville on 4 May 1940 and assembled at No.1 Aircraft Depot. Allocated RNZAF serial NZ277. To No.1 (B) OTU, New Plymouth. Disappeared on a machine gunning exercise off the Taranaki coast on 23 October 1942
The Oxford was engaged in a training mission and disappeared without trace. Search and Rescue operations were conducted and eventually suspended few days later as no trace of the twin-engine aircraft nor the crew was found.
A hunter found the wreckage in a wooded area located on a slope of Mount Egmont on January 17, 1974 (32 years later). Mount Egmont was later renamed Mount Taranaki.
Crew of Oxford NZ277:
Pilot Officer Rodney Dandy.
Sgt Edward Dodson.
Sgt Graham Martin.
Sgt Douglas Martyn.
R.I.P.
Cause: According to the RNZAF, the crew was hampered by the sudden deterioration of the weather conditions while flying in a valley close to Mount Egmont. Due to the poor visibility and low ceiling, the crew was unable to see the mountain on which the aircraft crashed.
The remains of the crew were recovered by RNZAF UH-1 Iroquois helicopter. Parts of the aircraft were later recovered and are now on display at the Taranaki Aviation, Transport, and Technology Museum.
Sources:
1. http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/.au/nz-serials/nzoxford.htm
2. http://www.baaa-acro.com/1942/archives/crash-of-an-airspeed-as-10-oxford-in-new-zealand-4-killed/
3. http://www.kiwiaircraftimages.com/oxford.html
4. http://pukeariki.com/Learning-Research/Taranaki-Research-Centre/Taranaki-Stories/Taranaki-Story/id/414/title/mount-taranaki-air-crashes
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Dec-2008 01:46 | angels one five | Added |
| 23-Jan-2012 13:01 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 24-Jan-2014 08:20 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Location, Narrative] |
| 28-Dec-2016 07:53 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 06-Aug-2017 22:41 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-May-2018 02:20 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 25-May-2018 02:22 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 25-Sep-2019 03:08 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Narrative] |
| 13-Sep-2020 22:27 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator] |
| 07-Oct-2021 02:37 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 17-Dec-2021 01:39 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 16-Jan-2022 04:07 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 23-Jan-2022 03:11 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 25-Jan-2022 04:17 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 02-Feb-2022 02:01 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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