Accident Vought F4U-1 Corsair NZ5382,
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Date:Tuesday 24 October 1944
Time:22:45
Type:Silhouette image of generic CORS model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vought F4U-1 Corsair
Owner/operator:23 Sqn RNZAF
Registration: NZ5382
MSN: 5540
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Pallikulo Bay, Espiritu Santo Island -   Vanuatu
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Unknown
Departure airport:Pallikulo
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Crashed in the sea.
NZ5382 suffered an engine failure and fire and dived into the sea.
Pilot Officer Selwyn Down R.I.P.

Sources:

NZ Serials

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
15-Jun-2009 02:21 angels one five Added
05-Oct-2009 23:03 angels one five Updated
05-Jun-2011 02:45 Anon. Updated [Location, Country, Narrative]
21-Jan-2012 07:19 Nepa Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Nature, Narrative]
09-Sep-2013 13:27 angels one five Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
02-Aug-2014 22:15 angels one five Updated [Time, Nature, Departure airport]
14-Nov-2018 17:28 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
02-Jul-2023 08:20 Ron Averes Updated [[Operator, Operator]]

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