ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 65236
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| Date: | Friday 5 November 1943 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  North American Harvard Mk IIa |
| Owner/operator: | 17 Sqn RNZAF |
| Registration: | NZ1008 |
| MSN: | 88-9265 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kapiti Island -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Woodbourne AFB |
| Ohakea AFB |
The Harvard crashed into a rock face on Kapiti Island in poor visibility, killing the 2 POB.
Pilot Officer Harold Longley and Flight Sergeant Ivan Cummins both killed.
R.I.P.
The aircraft was taking Pilot Officer Longley to Ohakea where he was to pick up a P-40 Kittyhawk and ferry it back to Woodbourne.
Sources:
NZ Archives.
NZ Serials
https://rnzaf.proboards.com/thread/28615/wwii-plane-crash-kapiti-island
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-May-2009 03:30 | angels one five | Added |
| 19-Sep-2009 20:57 | angels one five | Updated |
| 17-Jan-2012 10:50 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Sep-2013 22:09 | angels one five | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 30-Oct-2013 09:00 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Nature, Source] |
| 14-Nov-2018 20:16 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 18-Nov-2020 19:06 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Sep-2021 05:11 | Ron Averes | Updated [Registration] |
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