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| Date: | Monday 14 August 1944 |
| Time: | 16:30 LT |
| Type: | Airspeed Oxford Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 1 ITS RNZAF |
| Registration: | NZ286 |
| MSN: | 509 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Halswell, Canterbury -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RNZAF Wigram, Christchurch |
Ex-RAF Airspeed AS 10 Oxford Mk I P2040. Built by Airspeed Ltd, Portsmouth, England. Brought On Charge with Unit No.1, Hobsonville on 5 June 1940 and assembled at No.1 Aircraft Depot. Re-serialled NZ286. To No.1 ITS, RNZAF Wigram.
Written off (destroyed) in a Mid air collision with Oxford NZ1284 over Halswell, about 2 miles southeast of Wigram, at 16:30 hours on 14 August 1944. The aircraft lost its tail in the collision and spun into the ground.
Sergeant Robert Pettitt ( in NZ286 ) and Leading Aircraftman Keith Hodge ( in NZ1284 ) - were both killed. R.I.P.
Sources:
1. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1944/archives/crash-of-an-airspeed-as-10-oxford-in-wigram-afb-1-killed-3/]
2. http://www.parawaitc.org.nz/Other/Oxford1237.pdf
3. http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/.au/nz-serials/nzoxford.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Jun-2009 01:55 | angels one five | Added |
| 01-Oct-2009 19:24 | angels one five | Updated |
| 16-Jun-2011 12:38 | angels one five | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 16-Jun-2011 12:50 | angels one five | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Jan-2012 12:05 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Jun-2013 07:59 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Jan-2014 07:14 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Location, Narrative, ] |
| 31-Jul-2017 21:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 15-Nov-2018 10:25 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 24-Sep-2019 20:51 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 05-Oct-2021 10:30 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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