Accident Goodyear FG-1D Corsair NZ5635,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 65741
 
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Date:Saturday 20 April 1946
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic CORS model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Goodyear FG-1D Corsair
Owner/operator:14 Sqn RNZAF
Registration: NZ5635
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Iwakuni Airfield, Honshu -   Japan
Phase: Take off
Nature:Unknown
Departure airport:Iwakuni
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
NZ5635 swung to the left just after leaving the ground, crashed and exploded.
Flight Lieutenant Cecil Wright RNZAF. R.I.P.

Sources:

NZ Serials.

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
15-Jun-2009 03:47 angels one five Added
15-Sep-2009 01:33 angels one five Updated
17-Sep-2009 19:54 angels one five Updated
28-Oct-2011 19:24 angels one five Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Country, Nature, Source, Narrative]
17-Jan-2012 07:07 Nepa Updated [Operator]
12-Feb-2014 21:20 angels one five Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative]
18-Oct-2018 15:10 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
18-Nov-2022 23:05 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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