ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 200730
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| Date: | Thursday 8 July 1943 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Miles M.2P Hawk Major |
| Owner/operator: | 1 EFTS RNZAF |
| Registration: | NZ589 |
| MSN: | 251 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ohakea AFB, Manawatu 3 -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Ohakea AFB, Ohakea, New Zealand |
Miles M.2P Hawk Major [c/no 251] [UK C of A 5073 issued 7.10.35] Registered [C of R 45] 24.11.35 to Brigadier-General Arthur Corrie Lewin, Njoro. Flew from the UK to Kenya in 1935, returning to UK in 1936. Registration cancelled as sold abroad New Zealand. Purchased from Kenya by the Canterbury Aero Club and delivered by sea in August 1937.
Entered the New Zealand Civil Aircraft Register as ZK-AFJ. Made it's first flight in New Zealand from Wigram on 21 August 1937.
Impressed into RNZAF 03 September 1939 as NZ589. Initially operated by No.2 EFTS, New Plymouth. It was later used by No.3 EFTS and No.1 EFTS.
Crashed at Ohakea in 1943 and written off books at Rongotai on 08 July 1943 as reduced to spares. Note that "8 July 1943" is purely a "nominal" date - the date the NZ589 was written off the RNZAF books; the actual accident took place at an unknown date in mid-1943
Sources:
1. http://www.adf-serials.com.au/nz-serials/nzhawkmajor.htm
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_VP-K.html
3. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/vp-kaa.pdf
4. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/aeroplanes/15-aeroplanes/93-register-other
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Oct-2017 23:15 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 19-Mar-2019 16:15 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 16-Jan-2022 05:18 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 22-Jan-2022 02:45 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 23-Jan-2022 07:29 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 13-Feb-2022 02:31 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 20-Nov-2023 09:54 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator, Source] |
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