ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 65528
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Date: | Thursday 20 November 1941 |
Time: | night |
Type: | Airspeed Oxford Mk II |
Owner/operator: | 2 SFTS RNZAF |
Registration: | NZ1226 |
MSN: | 2606 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Near Woodbourne AFB, Marlborough -
New Zealand
|
Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | Woodbourne AFB, Blenheim, Marlborough |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Airspeed AS-10 Oxford Mk.II N4682: Built by de Havilland Ltd, Hatfield, England. Brought On Charge with Unit No.1, RNZAF Hobsonville on 24 April 1940. Assigned RNZAF Serial NZ1226. Issued to No.2 SFTS, Woodbourne.
Written off (destroyed) 20 November 1941: The pilot was engaged in a night training flight. Shortly after take off from Woodbourne Airport, while in initial climb, the twin engine aircraft went out of control and crashed in a huge explosion at Goultier Hill, some 3 miles (5 km) from the airfield. The pilot was killed.
Crew of Oxford NZ1226:
L/AC Felix Ulenberg, pilot - killed
Sources:
1. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1941/archives/crash-of-an-airspeed-as-10-oxford-in-woodbourne-afb-1-killed-2/]
2.
http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/.au/nz-serials/nzoxford.htm 3.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sooty/miscairdeaths.html 4.
https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/felix-patrick-ulenberg Revision history:
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09-Jan-2012 01:32 |
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09-Jan-2012 01:32 |
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23-Jan-2012 02:43 |
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18-Feb-2016 23:14 |
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08-Aug-2017 17:21 |
Dr. John Smith |
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08-Aug-2017 17:22 |
Dr. John Smith |
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04-Feb-2019 15:46 |
Nepa |
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16-Jan-2022 04:35 |
Ron Averes |
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23-Jan-2022 03:10 |
Ron Averes |
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