ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 65556
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| Date: | Saturday 28 August 1943 |
| Time: | 11:30 |
| Type: |  Lockheed Hudson Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 1 BOTU RNZAF |
| Registration: | NZ2034 |
| MSN: | 3857 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sea off Rangitikei River, Manawatu 3 -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RNZAF Ohakea |
NZ2034 crashed into the sea after spinning from a steep turn made to avoid a Harvard with which they were engaged in an air exercise. Location approximately 3 miles south of the Rangitikei River mouth. All five airmen aboard were killed, and their bodies were never found.
Pilot Officer Harold Beard, Flight Sergeant William Marshall, Flight Sergeant John Aubrey, Sergeant William Plant, and Sergeant Brian McSweeney.
R.I.P.
Sources:
NZ Archives.
NZ Serials.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Jun-2009 18:50 | angels one five | Added |
| 01-Oct-2009 18:30 | angels one five | Updated |
| 17-Jan-2012 07:12 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Jul-2013 00:40 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 20-Jan-2014 23:29 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Location, Narrative] |
| 12-Jan-2018 06:50 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 27-Nov-2018 19:28 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 13-Sep-2020 21:36 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 03-Oct-2021 20:53 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator] |
| 04-Jan-2022 21:12 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Phase, Narrative] |
| 11-Feb-2022 19:35 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 13-Feb-2022 03:26 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 24-Nov-2023 06:25 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator] |
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