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Date: | Friday 24 January 1947 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Percival P.34 Proctor III |
Owner/operator: | Ministry of Works |
Registration: | ZK-AHV |
MSN: | H.34 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Grebe Valley, near Lake Monowai, Southland -
New Zealand
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Wellington, New Zealand |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:ZK-AHV Percival P.34 Proctor III (C/no H.43): Ex RAF R7538. Shipped to NZ aboard 'Empire Grace', arrived 21.12.44, assembled by RNZAF, Hobsonville 1.45; Public Works Department (Civil Aviation Branch); Registered in New Zealand 29.1.45
Written off (destroyed) when crashed in the Glebe Valley, near Lake Monowai, Southland, on supply dropping sortie. Owen Anderson (pilot) & Peter Symonds (passenger) killed. RIP.
Cancelled 28.4.47.
Sources:
1. J Geelen (1983) The Topdressers, NZ Aviation Press
2.
https://air-britain.com/pdfs/archive/Archive_1983.pdf p.8
3.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_ZK-.html 4.
https://natlib.govt.nz/records/30665017 [Percival Proctor single prop plane ZK-AHV operated by PWD Aerodrome Services at Rongotai Airport, Wellington]
5.
https://www.pressreader.com/new-zealand/the-southland-times/20170824/281754154445016 6.
http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac2/NZAM/ZK-AHV.html 7.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grebe_River 8.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Monowai Revision history:
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29-Jun-2009 01:34 |
angels one five |
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05-May-2013 23:54 |
angels one five |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Narrative] |
06-May-2013 02:14 |
angels one five |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Narrative] |
13-Jan-2014 11:02 |
TB |
Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Narrative] |
08-Aug-2014 06:06 |
flyernzl |
Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Narrative] |
26-May-2018 22:48 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Operator, Source] |
26-May-2018 22:50 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Operator] |
12-Jul-2019 15:51 |
A.J.Scholten |
Updated [Cn, Source] |
28-Mar-2021 20:32 |
angels one five |
Updated [Time, Phase, Nature, Narrative] |
12-Feb-2022 03:32 |
Ron Averes |
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12-Feb-2022 03:34 |
Ron Averes |
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18-Feb-2022 09:30 |
Ron Averes |
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