Couple of Aviation Questions

[alanw]

Hi folks

As the subject heading states a couple of questions (hopefully in the right board)

1)
For those who live in Auckland (more so they that live out West or North near Greenhigth) there is a piece of aircraft sticking out of the mudflats at low tide (near Merv Smith's Model world).

Does any one know what aircraft type it is? I know during WWII
a B24 Liberator and a B 17 Flying Fortress came to grief in two seperate incidents. Possibly related?? (also apologies if this has been discussed previous)

2)
In the website NZ Military Aircraft Serials, under the Heading
Supermarine Walrus www.adf-serials.com/nz-serials/

NZ 154 Had a water/aircraft interface of the physical crash typeand sank in 7 fathoms (42 feet ) of water off the Chelsea
Wharf. pilots bodies recovered but nothing more is said about the actual aircraft other than it was written off in 1944.

Is the wreck still there? Can any one shed any light

Thanks

Alan

[Peter Lewis]

alanw said:

. . there is a piece of aircraft sticking out of the mudflats at low tide (near Merv Smith's Model world).

Does any one know what aircraft type it is?

Hudson NZ2024, see:
rnzaf.proboards43.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=Airshows&thread=1150633178&page=2

Can't help you with the Walrus apart from:
Cr on t/off on water at Hobsonville10Oct44, pilot F/O J L Marshall

[alanw]

flyernzl

Thanks for that

Regards

Alan