ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 65497
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| Date: | Thursday 25 March 1943 |
| Time: | 09:45 |
| Type: |  Curtiss P-40E Kittyhawk |
| Owner/operator: | 15 Sqn RNZAF |
| Registration: | 41-25100 |
| MSN: | 19611 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | sea off Nadi, Viti Levu -
 Fiji
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Nadi, Fiji |
Collided in the air at about 10,000 feet with US Navy SBD-3 Dauntless BuNo. 06589 of VB-11 during an air exercise. Both aircraft spun into the sea off Nadi Bay.
Squadron-Leader Allan Crighton RNZAF and 2 USN aviators R.I.P.
Sources:
NZ Serials
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Jun-2009 02:52 | angels one five | Added |
| 11-Jun-2009 18:15 | angels one five | Updated |
| 06-Sep-2009 23:07 | angels one five | Updated |
| 17-Sep-2009 17:50 | angels one five | Updated |
| 17-Sep-2009 17:50 | angels one five | Updated |
| 20-Sep-2009 14:22 | angels one five | Updated |
| 05-Oct-2009 01:17 | angels one five | Updated |
| 29-Oct-2009 13:38 | angels one five | Updated |
| 14-Jan-2010 23:44 | angels one five | Updated [Location, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 13-Oct-2011 03:30 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Oct-2011 03:32 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 17-Jan-2012 06:45 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Operator] |
| 11-Sep-2013 06:58 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 08-May-2015 05:26 | angels one five | Updated [Operator] |
| 02-Jun-2018 07:08 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 14-Nov-2018 15:02 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 08-Nov-2021 11:19 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 27-Nov-2021 02:38 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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