Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford I in Tongaporutu: 3 killed
Date & Time:
Sep 30, 1940
Operator:
Registration:
NZ1251
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Hobsonville – Ohakea
MSN:
562
YOM:
1940
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
En route from Hobsonville to Ohakea, the twin engine aircraft crashed in an uninhabited area. As the airplane failed to arrive at destination, SAR operations were initiated but eventually abandoned as no trace of the aircraft nor the crew was found. In March 1941, walkers found the wreckage in an isolated zone. According to the RNZAF, the aircraft have been built in Hobsonville and was on its way to be delivered at Ohakea Airport. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Harry Nalder Major,
F/Sgt Sheldon Smith,
Cpl Raymond Smith.
Crew:
F/O Harry Nalder Major,
F/Sgt Sheldon Smith,
Cpl Raymond Smith.
