ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 65494
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| Date: | Thursday 11 June 1942 |
| Time: | 10:40 |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH-82a Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 1 EFTS RNZAF |
| Registration: | NZ769 |
| MSN: | 83077/DHNZ19 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Gore, Southland -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | RNZAF Taieri, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand (NZTI) |
Fuselage built at Hatfield and shipped to DH New Zealand unassembled & without engine. Remainder of aircraft constructed at Rongotai by DeHavilland New Zealand from local materials, hence "local" Construction Number DHNZ19. (Original British construction number: 83077). BOC at Unit 18, Rongotai on 2 October 1940. With No.4 EFTS, Whenuapai early 1941. With No.1 EFTS, Taieri by 6.41 until 11.6.42.
Crashed into the main street of Gore during an Emergency Precautions Service exercise at 10:40 hrs on 11 June 1942 while being operated by No.1 EFTS. Pilot killed. The aircraft hit the ground at a road intersection after colliding with power lines in Irk Street and then hit a car and truck near Mersey Street. At the time the pilot was demonstrating the effect of an aircraft machine-gunning a civilian population. Written off books at Taieri in 6.42
Pilot of Tiger Moth NZ769:
P/O (NZ412657) Geoffrey Thomas COLDHAM (Pilot) RNZAF - killed in service 11.6.42.
Note: Douglas Lionel Forward was not killed on this flight. He was dangerously injured on this day at the RNZAF Station, Levin, when he was run over by a fire tender at the flare path. Aircraftman Forward was later admitted to the Palmerston North Public Hospital.
Sources:
1. http://www.adf-serials.com.au/nz-serials/nzdh82.htm
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/pNZ0.html
3. https://rnzaf.proboards.com/post/32787
4. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2920333/GEOFFREY%20THOMAS%20COLDHAM/
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2920348/DOUGLAS%20LIONEL%20FORWARD/
7. https://steemkr.com/history/@len.george/de-havilland-dh-82a-tiger-moth-nz730-to-nz798-1939-to-1956
8: Douglas Lionel Forward | New Zealand War Graves Project.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Jun-2009 02:42 | angels one five | Added |
| 23-Sep-2009 23:56 | angels one five | Updated |
| 10-Jan-2012 01:45 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Jan-2012 12:16 | angels one five | Updated [Operator] |
| 24-Feb-2012 13:01 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Sep-2013 01:49 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 04-Feb-2019 15:52 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 14-Aug-2021 20:57 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 15-Aug-2021 00:03 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 15-Aug-2021 09:56 | BlBe | Updated [Time, Operator, Narrative, Operator] |
| 26-Jan-2022 06:04 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Location] |
| 08-Aug-2022 18:00 | pietrzak | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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