ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 48611
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| Date: | Thursday 28 August 1941 |
| Time: | 14:35 LT |
| Type: | Airspeed Oxford Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 1 SFTS RNZAF |
| Registration: | NZ252 |
| MSN: | 59 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lake Ellesmere, Canterbury -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RNZAF Wigram |
| Lake Ellesmere airstrip |
Ex-RAF Oxford Mk I L4592. Built by Airspeed Ltd, Portsmouth, England. Type AS.42 Survey/Trainer version to NZ specifications. Arrived at Auckland in October 1938. Assembled at RNZAF Hobsonville and Brought On Charge on 26 October 1938. Assigned RNZAF Serial NZ252. Flown to RNZAF Wigram and allotted to No.1 SFTS
Crashed into Lake Ellesmere at 14:35 hours on 28 August 1941. The aircraft stalled during a crosswind landing approach to the airstrip and plunged into the lake. LAC Ronald Brown and LAC Norman Marshall were killed. Written off the books at Wigram on 12 September 1941.
Sources:
1. http://www.adf-gallery.com.au//nz-serials/
2. http://www.baaa-acro.com/1941/archives/crash-of-an-airspeed-as-10-oxford-in-ellesmere-2-killed/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Dec-2008 09:16 | angels one five | Added |
| 29-May-2009 23:50 | XLerate | Updated |
| 09-Dec-2011 06:07 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Jan-2012 02:12 | angels one five | Updated [Operator] |
| 02-Sep-2014 03:36 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 08-Aug-2017 19:44 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Feb-2019 15:48 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 23-Jan-2022 03:10 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type] |
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