ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 347966
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Date: | Tuesday 9 July 1940 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland DH.60M Moth |
Owner/operator: | 2 EFTS RNZAF |
Registration: | NZ509 |
MSN: | 1561 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near RNZAF Bell Block Airbase, New Plymouth, Taranaki -
New Zealand
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Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RNZAF Bell Block Airbase, New Plymouth, Taranaki New Zealand (NPL/NZNP) |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Ex ZK-ACE, impressed into RNZAF 6.10.39 with No. 2 EFTS, New Plymouth. Suffered engine failure 9.7.40 while climbing after takeoff from RNZAF Bell Block Airbase, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand. Avoiding power lines, the pilot force landed north of the aerodrome. Two occupants uninjured, but aircraft badly damaged and written off the books on 21.11.40 as reduced to spares.
Parts recovered and sent to the South Island as spares. Fuselage and other parts recovered from barn at Balclutha during 1980s by Colin Smith. Believed to be under restoration at Croydon Aircraft Company in Gore.
Sources:
1. AHSNZ, 1988, Journal, Vol 31 No 2.
2.
https://ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf 3.
http://www.adf-serials.com.au/nz-serials/nzdh60.htm 4.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Plymouth_Airport#History
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Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
16-Nov-2023 06:10 |
Ron Averes |
Added |
02-Dec-2023 15:35 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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