ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 65564
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| Date: | Wednesday 29 September 1943 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: | Airspeed Oxford Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 1 SFTS RNZAF |
| Registration: | NZ1375 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | West Eyreton, Canterbury -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RNZAF Wigram, Christchurch, New Zealand |
| RNZAF Wigram, Christchurch, New Zealand |
Airspeed Oxford Mk.I HN327: Built by Airspeed Ltd, Portsmouth, England. Brought On Charge at RNZAF Hobsonville on 3 April 1943 and assembled at No.1 Aircraft Depot. Issued to No.1 SFTS, Wigram.
Written off (destroyed) when Crashed near Eyreton on night of 29-30 November 1943: The crew was completing a night training mission. After departure from Wigram AFB, the pilot continued the flight at low altitude under the cloud base when the aircraft hit tree tops and crashed in a prairie. A crewman was killed while both others were injured.
Crew (1st SFTS):
Pilot Officer F. Moran, survived/injured
LAC A. Broad, survived/injured
LAC Graham Browne (killed)
Written off books at Wigram on 29 October 1943 as reduced to spares.
Sources:
1. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1943/archives/crash-of-an-airspeed-as-10-oxford-in-new-zealand-3-killed-3/]
2. http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/.au/nz-serials/nzoxford.htm
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Eyreton
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Jun-2009 19:34 | angels one five | Added |
| 01-Oct-2009 13:17 | angels one five | Updated |
| 25-Jan-2012 14:58 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Narrative] |
| 04-Jul-2013 00:46 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Jan-2014 22:57 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 03-Aug-2017 21:54 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Nov-2018 10:40 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 08-Aug-2020 03:28 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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