Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 20, 2019 22:17:02 GMT 12
Does anyone know what this aircraft was, from the PRESS, 30 APRIL 1940?
FORCED LANDING IN SUBURB
Air Force Machine Damaged
DESCENT IN SPREYDON
A machine from the Royal New Zealand Air Force station at Wigram was extensively damaged late yesterday morning in a forced landing in Spreydon, near Barrington Park. The pilot, Leading Aircraftsman R. H. Clifford, of Christchurch, received slight abrasions, and the passenger, Leading Aircraftsman J. B. Courtis, had an arm injured.
The pilot was attempting to make a landing on Barrington Park, but failed to reach it by a few yards. The official version of the mishap is that the machine was out on a preliminary bombing practice. Although the cause is not yet known, it became necessary to carry out a forced landing on the nearest available area, no suitable landing ground being handy. The machine fell in a section at the back of a house on Simeon street. Spreydon.
A horse was killed, and the wings, under-carriage and propeller of the machine extensively damaged. The pilot and passenger recovered quickly from the shock. The aeroplane will be salvaged and taken to Wigram, and a Court of Inquiry will sit soon to establish the cause of the mishap.
When attempting to make the landing the pilot found a belt of poplar trees too high an obstruction to clear. He turned the aeroplane and brought it down in an empty section between Simeon street and Barrington street, 'finishing up only 50 yards from the park. The horse was in the section and was killed instantly when it was struck by the starboard wing. The forced landing attracted a very big crowd, and a St. John ambulance, soon on the scene, was able to give help to the two men from the machine.
FORCED LANDING IN SUBURB
Air Force Machine Damaged
DESCENT IN SPREYDON
A machine from the Royal New Zealand Air Force station at Wigram was extensively damaged late yesterday morning in a forced landing in Spreydon, near Barrington Park. The pilot, Leading Aircraftsman R. H. Clifford, of Christchurch, received slight abrasions, and the passenger, Leading Aircraftsman J. B. Courtis, had an arm injured.
The pilot was attempting to make a landing on Barrington Park, but failed to reach it by a few yards. The official version of the mishap is that the machine was out on a preliminary bombing practice. Although the cause is not yet known, it became necessary to carry out a forced landing on the nearest available area, no suitable landing ground being handy. The machine fell in a section at the back of a house on Simeon street. Spreydon.
A horse was killed, and the wings, under-carriage and propeller of the machine extensively damaged. The pilot and passenger recovered quickly from the shock. The aeroplane will be salvaged and taken to Wigram, and a Court of Inquiry will sit soon to establish the cause of the mishap.
When attempting to make the landing the pilot found a belt of poplar trees too high an obstruction to clear. He turned the aeroplane and brought it down in an empty section between Simeon street and Barrington street, 'finishing up only 50 yards from the park. The horse was in the section and was killed instantly when it was struck by the starboard wing. The forced landing attracted a very big crowd, and a St. John ambulance, soon on the scene, was able to give help to the two men from the machine.