ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 65488
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| Date: | Saturday 7 March 1942 |
| Time: | 12:00 |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 2 EFTS RNZAF |
| Registration: | NZ844 |
| MSN: | DHNZ94 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Tokirima, King Country -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RNZAF New Plymouth, Taranaki (NZNP) |
| RNZAF New Plymouth (NZNP) |
Built by DH New Zealand at Rongotai. BOC at Unit 18, Rongotai, 30 September 1941. Entered service with 2 EFTS, RNZAF in Ocrtober 1941.
Written off (destroyed) when crashed at Tokirima, about 12 miles South West of Taumarunui, about noon on 7 March 1942 while being operated by No.2 EFTS. The aircraft was caught in bad weather and descended through a gap in the clouds to attempt a forced landing on a football field. The aircraft stalled while on final approach, crashed and burned out in a post-impact fire. The pilot (flying solo) was killed and the aircraft written off.
According to a contemporary local newspaper report (Evening Post, Vol. CXXVIII, Issue 57, 9 March 1942, Page 6):
"While engaged in solo flying practice, Leading Aircraftman Ronald Frederick Charles Jones, R.N.Z.A.F., an airman pilot under training, crashed near Ohura on Saturday and was killed. His next-of-kin is his mother, Mrs. E. F. Jones, 68 Lombard Street. Palmerston North. A court of inquiry will be held."
Crew of Tiger Moth NZ844:
LAC (NZ.415764) Ronald Frederick Charles JONES (Pilot u/t) RNZAF - killed in service 7 March 1942.
The reported crash location of Tokirima is a valley and rural community, located west of Taumarunui and 19 kilometres (12 mi) south of Ohura, in the Ruapehu District and Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island
Sources:
1. Evening Post, Vol. CXXVIII, Issue 57, 9 March 1942, Page 6
2. http://www.adf-serials.com.au/nz-serials/nzdh82.htm
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/pNZ0.html
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2920384/RONALD%20FREDERICK%20CHARLES%20JONES/
6. https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/ronald-frederick-charles-jones
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokirima
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Plymouth_Airport#History
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Jun-2009 02:20 | angels one five | Added |
| 23-Sep-2009 23:24 | angels one five | Updated |
| 23-Sep-2009 23:29 | angels one five | Updated |
| 11-Jan-2012 23:51 | angels one five | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 11-Jan-2012 23:52 | angels one five | Updated [Source] |
| 23-Jan-2012 11:37 | angels one five | Updated [Operator] |
| 24-Feb-2012 12:26 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Sep-2013 07:14 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Aircraft type] |
| 25-Dec-2018 20:55 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 13-Aug-2021 21:41 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 13-Aug-2021 21:42 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 15-Aug-2021 09:31 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator] |
| 26-Jan-2022 06:03 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Location] |
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