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| Date: | Tuesday 10 October 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed PV-1 Ventura |
| Owner/operator: | 1 Sqn RNZAF |
| Registration: | NZ4575 |
| MSN: | 6139 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Location: | Southern Guadalcanal -
 Solomon Islands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
NZ 4575 was on a flight from Espiritu Santo in the New Hebrides ( today Vanuatu ) to Henderson Field Guadalcanal, when it crashed in bad weather on a jungle-covered hillside in southern Guadalcanal.
Flying Officer Selwyn Houghton, Warrant Officers Joseph Crisp, Geoffrey Robins and Albert Douglas and Flight Sergeant Francis Larnach R.I.P.
Sources:
NZ Archives.
NZ Serials.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Jun-2009 02:34 | angels one five | Added |
| 04-Oct-2009 23:53 | angels one five | Updated |
| 21-Jan-2012 06:54 | Nepa | Updated [Registration, Operator, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Sep-2013 13:01 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 14-Nov-2018 20:41 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 13-Sep-2020 21:54 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
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