Date:	Sunday 15 April 1945
Time:	22:30
Type:	Vought F4U-1D Corsair
Owner/operator:	22 Sqn RNZAF
Registration:	NZ5544
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Aircraft missing
Location:	Missing, Auckland -   New Zealand
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	Whenuapai
Destination airport:	Whenuapai

Narrative:
NZ5544 was on a night training flight when the weather began to deteriorate.
At about 2230 hours the pilot called up for a weather report and requested a clearance to rejoin the circuit.
The Corsair never landed and was declared missing. No trace of it has ever been found.

Flight-Sergeant Sefton Clyde Joseph Ferrick.
R.I.P.

NZ Serials. I was flying at the same time and answered Joe when he called for cloud base. I did not hear him call for landing instructions, but I did, and when on final, I heard him being told he was No.1. I could not see him in the circuit, so decided he must be behind me. I landed well down the runway, hoping he would land short. I parked my aircraft, reported. In, and joined the squadron in the crew room. The duty pilot then came looking for Joe and we realised he had not landed.

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
24-Jun-2009 21:34	angels one five	Added
30-Jun-2009 22:22	angels one five	Updated
08-Jan-2010 17:16	angels one five	Updated [Narrative]
02-Nov-2011 01:33	Anon.	Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative]
21-Nov-2011 19:18	angels one five	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
17-Jan-2012 12:29	Nepa	Updated [Time, Operator]
26-Nov-2012 13:10	John	Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative]
26-Nov-2012 13:11	Anon.	Updated [Destination airport, Narrative]
02-May-2013 22:48	angels one five	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport]
26-Jul-2013 16:56	Nepa	Updated [Operator]
16-Sep-2013 07:49	angels one five	Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Narrative]
14-Nov-2018 20:29	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator]
11-Jan-2020 20:00	Reg	Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source]
12-Jan-2020 07:35	harro	Updated [Damage]
12-Sep-2020 00:42	Ron Averes	Updated [Location]
07-Nov-2020 18:05	angels one five	Updated [Narrative]
16-Feb-2022 04:18	Ron Averes	Updated [Location]