ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 65204
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| Date: | Thursday 9 January 1941 |
| Time: | 14:15 |
| Type: | Vickers Vincent Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 2 SFTS RNZAF |
| Registration: | NZ326 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Near Foxton, Manawatu 4 -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RNZAF Woodbourne, Blenheim |
On 9 January 1941 Vincent Mk I NZ326 of 2 SFTS RNZAF was flying, against orders, at a low altitude along the Manawatu River in an easterly direction. At 1415 hrs it struck high tension power lines across the river about 300 yards west of the 1098 metres-long Whirokino bridge, near Foxton, lost a wing, tipped up and nose-dived into the river.
One of the occupants, LAC Kennard James Haase ( 22 ) was drowned, but the other, LAC Cecil William Holmes, believed to have been in the rear cockpit, was saved by the prompt action of a carpenter Mr Maurice Parsons, who was working on a new building on the riverbank nearby. According to a report published in the "Evening Post" the next day, Holmes was suffering from cuts to his face, abrasions, and possible internal injuries.
This aircraft came from RAF stocks ( RAF serial K4718 ) and was assembled by the RNZAF at No. 1 Aircraft Depot and BOC at Hobsonville on 6th of December, 1939. It then served with 2 SFTS RNZAF, Woodbourne from 25 January, 1940 to the date of its loss.
Sources:
http://www.adf-gallery.com.au//nz-serials/nz300.shtml
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sooty/miscairdeaths.html
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2920252/HAASE,%20KENNARD%20JAMES
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxton,_New_Zealand
http://www.maplandia.com/new-zealand/wanganui-manawatu/foxton/
https://www.sooty.nz/miscairdeaths.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-May-2009 00:53 | angels one five | Added |
| 29-May-2009 23:17 | XLerate | Updated |
| 07-Oct-2009 16:55 | angels one five | Updated |
| 21-Jan-2012 04:26 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Jun-2013 00:12 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Oct-2015 17:42 | Jixn | Updated [Operator] |
| 09-Jan-2016 18:10 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Total occupants, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Dec-2019 15:52 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Sep-2021 15:27 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 13-Feb-2022 03:50 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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