ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 71164
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| Date: | Wednesday 5 November 1952 |
| Time: | 11:25 |
| Type: |  North American Harvard Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | RNZAF |
| Registration: | NZ1063 |
| MSN: | 88-14887 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Waiouru, Whanganui -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Ohakea AFB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
North American Harvard Mk.III ex-USAAF 41-33915 (MSN 88-14887) to RAF as Harvard III EX942. No trace of receipt by RAF. Shipped to New Zealand on the s.s "Thomas J. Rusk" in October 1943 and assembled at Hobsonville. TOC 1 November 1943. Assembled at Hobsonville, Auckland. Operated for the RAF by the Royal New Zealand Air Force [RNZAF] as NZ1063. Transferred to RNZAF September 1946.
NZ1063 crashed at Waiouru, Ruapehu, 5 November 1952 and was destroyed during an exercise with the Army. While carrying out a slow roll at low altitude the Harvard stalled and dived into the ground. His gravestone in the cemetery at Mangatainoka, Pahiatua, and the witness of several persons still living and photographs and of the bill for the funeral paid for by the Air Force.
Sergeant-Pilot Richard Varney R.I.P. A second sergeant-pilot was killed, Barry John Fisher
Sources:
1. The Harvard File (John F Hamlin, Air Britain, 1988 p.68)
2. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1941_5.html
3. http://www.adf-serials.com.au/nz-serials/nzharvard.htm
4. https://rnzaf.proboards.com/thread/17601/harvard-pile?scrollTo=121642&page=20
5. https://www.facebook.com/color.praeterita/photos/pb.1539341249704998.-2207520000../2475741349398312/?type=3&eid=ARDcX8OtngKgFQmWijb71n3UB9DY1opC5F6FP3Mhi5d07Yh_nXlSoighSqJ-IUXDtxiLVbCENQBaJV0T
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Jan-2010 10:51 | angels one five | Added |
| 24-Jan-2014 08:56 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Jun-2018 10:36 | A.J. Scholten | Updated [Source] |
| 19-Mar-2020 08:44 | Alan West | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Mar-2021 21:46 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Apr-2021 16:30 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 30-Sep-2021 21:17 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator] |
| 12-Feb-2022 02:32 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 27-Nov-2023 13:16 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type] |
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