ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 65478
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| Date: | Thursday 14 November 1940 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: | Airspeed Oxford Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 3 SFTS RNZAF |
| Registration: | NZ1277 |
| MSN: | 588 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Tararua Range, near Tokomaru -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RNZAF Ohakea |
| RNZAF Ohakea |
Airspeed AS-10 Oxford Mark I. Built by Airspeed Ltd, Portsmouth, England with RAF Serial P8903. Brought On Charge with Unit No.1, RNZAF Hobsonville on 30 August 1940. Allocated RNZAF Serial NZ1277. Issued to 3 SFTS, RNZAF
Written off (destroyed) when crashed near Tokomaru on 14 November 1940. Authorized for a solo night cross-country exercise, routing Ohakea-Levin-Palmerson North-Ohakea. Failed to return by 21:30 local time, the estimated time of arrival. The aircraft flew into a blind gully after becoming lost in low cloud at night and crashed in the bush. While cruising in the Tararua Ranges, south of Palmerston North, the pilot did not realize he was flying too low due to the poor visibility. The twin-engine aircraft hit a hill and crashed.
The pilot - Pilot Officer Thomas Everton Kirk (RNZAF Service Number 40649), aged 26 - the sole person on board, was killed. Thomas Kirk had flown a total of 179 hours solo (31 on Oxfords.)
R.I.P.
Sources:
1. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1940/archives/crash-of-an-airspeed-as-10-oxford-in-palmerston-north-1-killed/]
2. http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/.au/nz-serials/nzoxford.htm
3. http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C28190
4. http://www.wargraves.co.nz/Auckland/Epsom%20Churchyard/NZ40649.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Jun-2009 01:38 | angels one five | Added |
| 17-Sep-2009 11:48 | angels one five | Updated |
| 08-Jun-2013 00:07 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Aug-2017 19:13 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-May-2018 05:36 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 04-Feb-2019 15:44 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 07-Nov-2019 07:49 | angels one five | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 05-Aug-2020 00:55 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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