ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 48607
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| Date: | Thursday 26 March 1942 |
| Time: | 21:14 approx |
| Type: | Airspeed Oxford Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 1 SFTS RNZAF |
| Registration: | NZ278 |
| MSN: | 500 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Missing, Canterbury -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RNZAF Wigram, Christchurch, NZ |
| RNZAF Wigram |
Airspeed Oxford Mark I P2031: Built by Airspeed Ltd, Portsmouth, England. Brought On Charge with Unit No.1, RNZAF Hobsonville on 3 May 1940 and assembled at No.1 Aircraft Depot. Assigned RNZAF Serial NZ278. To No.1 SFTS, RNZAF Wigram, Christchurch.
Disappeared on a navigation exercise from Wigram on 26 March 1942. The aircraft with a crew of three departed from Wigram at 8:00 pm. It was last seen over Timaru by the crew of another Oxford (NZ264) and contact was made between the two aircraft. 14 minutes later (9:14 pm) NZ264 again made contact with NZ278 and this was the last contact made with this aircraft. NZ278 was never heard from again.
The Oxford is believed to have crashed into the Pacific Ocean while flying in low cloud and poor visibility. No trace of the aircraft or its crew was ever found. All crew - LAC Verdun Godfrey, LAC Cecil Cook and LAC Donald Paterson - were posted as "Missing presumed killed".
Sources:
1. http://www.baaa-acro.com/1942/archives/crash-of-an-airspeed-as-10-oxford-in-new-zealand-3-killed-2/
2. http://www.findlostaircraft.co.nz/nz278.html
3. http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/.au/nz-serials/nzoxford.htm
4. http://web.archive.org/web/20170923044016/http://www.warbirdsite.com:80/missing.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Dec-2008 02:25 | angels one five | Added |
| 23-Jan-2012 11:48 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 16-Mar-2017 04:59 | angels one five | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 08-Aug-2017 16:18 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Registration, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Dec-2018 20:55 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 10-Dec-2019 05:31 | angels one five | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Damage, Narrative] |
| 10-Dec-2019 09:07 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location] |
| 08-Aug-2020 08:50 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 23-Jan-2022 03:07 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 16-Feb-2022 04:18 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 17-Mar-2022 13:33 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time] |
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