Incident Curtiss P-40E Kittyhawk NZ3040,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 73298
 
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Date:Friday 23 October 1942
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic P40 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Curtiss P-40E Kittyhawk
Owner/operator:2 FOTU RNZAF
Registration: NZ3040
MSN: 20225
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Foxton, Manawatu 4 -   New Zealand
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Training
Departure airport:Ohakea AFB
Destination airport:
Narrative:
NZ3040 collided in the air with Hind Trainer NZ1540.
The P-40 pilot baled out and survived.

Sources:

NZ Serials.
NZ Archives.

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
04-Mar-2010 00:39 angels one five Added
08-Jan-2012 19:31 angels one five Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
23-Jan-2012 12:59 angels one five Updated [Operator, Source]
14-Sep-2020 22:14 Ron Averes Updated [Operator, Narrative]
14-Sep-2020 22:14 Ron Averes Updated [Operator]
23-Sep-2021 15:29 Ron Averes Updated [Location]
02-Oct-2021 22:01 Ron Averes Updated [Operator]
13-Feb-2022 03:50 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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