ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 65537
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| Date: | Saturday 7 November 1942 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 1 EFTS RNZAF |
| Registration: | NZ733 |
| MSN: | 3747 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Outram LG, Otago -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RNZAF Taieri, Dunedin, Otago |
Built at Hatfield and registered [C of R 8678] on 22 August 1938 to London Aeroplane Club, Hatfield as G-AFJI. (Aircraft based at Hatfield, Hertfordshire). British C of A number 6414 issued 18 October 1938, expired 17 October 1939. UK registration cancelled 25 January 1940 and shipped to New Zealand for RNZAF. Brought On Charge with Unit 18 at Rongotai on 2 July 1940 as NZ733. To Woodbourne as instrument flying trainer. With 1 EFTS, Taieri, RNZAF April 1942.
Collided with NZ788 over Outram Landing Ground, near Taieri during forced landing practice while operating with No.1 EFTS on 7 November 1942.
Pilot of Tiger Moth NZ733
LAC (NZ421831) John Oughton Mitchell, RNZAF (Pilot u/t) RNZAF - killed in service 7.11.42.
Tiger Moth NZ733 was written off the books at Taieri on 27 November 1942 as reduced to produce.
Outram is a rural suburb of Dunedin, New Zealand. It is located 28 kilometres west of the central city at the edge of the Taieri Plains. The Taieri River flows close to the southeast of the town. Outram lies on State Highway 87 between Mosgiel and Middlemarch.
Sources:
1. http://www.adf-serials.com.au/nz-serials/nzdh82.htm
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p037.html
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A11.html
4. https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/80-register-gb-g-af
5. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AFJI.pdf
6. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
7. https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2921367/JOHN%20OUGHTON%20MITCHELL/
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outram,_New_Zealand
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Jun-2009 16:47 | angels one five | Added |
| 23-Sep-2009 01:19 | angels one five | Updated |
| 24-Feb-2012 12:36 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Registration, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Jun-2012 08:30 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 15-Sep-2013 08:04 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 12-Feb-2018 22:07 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Feb-2019 15:54 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 15-Aug-2021 23:52 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 16-Aug-2021 11:56 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator] |
| 20-Dec-2021 00:38 | angels one five | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 22-Jan-2022 02:12 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Location] |
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