Radial engine wreck in the hills behind Tokomaru??

[Gary.]

Here is a question for you guys in the know out there. A friend of mine is a mad keen venison hunter, he was trained by his dad while young and has spent all his spare time chasing deer, its his main hobby its all he lives for. Anyway when he was a youngin his farther told him of the wreck of a plane crashed in the hills behind Tokomaru near shannon, Dad told him it had a radial engine and was a sort of WW2 kind of trainer.....Despite hunting in the same area for years my friend has never seen anything of the wreck his Dad spoke of.... I've had a read through the Chris Rudge book missing, and had a bit of a surf around on the web but i can't find anything. So what about you chaps, Have you ever heard of a plane of that kind crashed near that area? Any news would be great.....

[Gary.]

Its okay i found it... ;D ;D ;D Airspeed Oxford......NZ1277 MK1 AS.10 Crashed near Tokomaru 14 November 1940 flew up a blind valley in bad weather on a training flight from Ohakea......RIP Pilot Officer Thomas Kirk....

[craig]

So was it never recovered?

[Gary.]

Sounds like some of it may still be there, aparantly some one rolled one of the engines down the valley a bit in an attempt to get it out. My friend has some new info and knows which valley its in so he is going to do a search and take his GPS and camera. So if he finds it i may be able to post some info...... ;D