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Post by mannixt2 on May 29, 2020 21:23:00 GMT 12
Hello - hope this is the right location for this question.
I was told today that sometime during WWII an Aeroplane crashed into the back (seaward) side of Kapiti Island, North of Wellington.
It was thought to be an American transport aircraft with 2 engines - was supposed to have departed Nelson heading I think for Paraparaumu airport.
Does anyone here have any details about this? A DOC worker recovered some engine parts from the site several years afterwards from the rocks at the base of the cliffs.
Regards
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Post by saratoga on May 29, 2020 22:29:43 GMT 12
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Post by johnnyfalcon on May 30, 2020 0:01:29 GMT 12
DC-3 ZK-AOE at Rununder Point, Port Underwood on it's way to NZPP?
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Post by planewriting on May 30, 2020 9:32:04 GMT 12
DC-3 ZK-AOE at Rununder Point, Port Underwood on it's way to NZPP? No, not in war-time. ZK-AOE was an NAC DC-3 freighter flying from Woodbourne (Blenheim) to Paraparaumu on 9 August 1948. The Harvard on Kapiti Island is NZ1008 |
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Post by johnnyfalcon on May 30, 2020 11:33:57 GMT 12
Indeed, AOE did crash just after the war. I was throwing it out there as an option because obviously somewhere, someone has got their facts mixed up - a Harvard is not a twin-engined aeroplane. The DC-3 is, and the proposed circumstances are similar.
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Post by mannixt2 on May 30, 2020 15:32:38 GMT 12
Thank you for help with this, is most likely the Harvard, I had heard about it from the son of a DOC worker and information I had was third hand at least!
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Post by davewoodhouse on Jun 24, 2020 12:49:48 GMT 12
The air accident that you refer to was Harvard NZ 1008 which crashed on 5 November 1943. It was a ferry flight from Fairhall (Woodbourne) to Ohakea and resulted in the deaths of PLTOFF Harold Longley and F/S Ivan Cummins. The plan was for Longley to then fly a P40 Kittyhawk from Ohakea back to Woodbourne.
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Post by planewriting on Jun 24, 2020 17:24:50 GMT 12
Indeed, AOE did crash just after the war. I was throwing it out there as an option because obviously somewhere, someone has got their facts mixed up - a Harvard is not a twin-engined aeroplane. The DC-3 is, and the proposed circumstances are similar. Just for the record, ZK-AOE crashed on 9 August 1948. |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 18, 2020 15:22:35 GMT 12
CRASH ON KAPITI ISLAND
(P.A.) WELLINGTON, Nov. 6
When an R.N.Z.A.F aircraft was reported overdue oi a flight from the South Island yesterday morning, a search was immediately instituted and wreckage was located at Kapiti Island. A launch with medical officers aboard was immediately dispatched, but on arrival it was ascertained that the two occupants had lost their lives when the aircraft crashed. The personnel concerned were:—
Longley, Pilot Officer Harold Nevill. Father. Mr A. H. Longley. Wellington, formerly of Invercargill.
Cummins, Flight Sergeant Ivan Frederick. Father. Mr F. W. Cummins. Manurewa.
PRESS, 8 NOVEMBER 1943
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Post by angelsonefive on Nov 18, 2020 16:24:18 GMT 12
CRASH ON KAPITI ISLAND (P.A.) WELLINGTON, Nov. 6 When an R.N.Z.A.F aircraft was reported overdue oi a flight from the South Island yesterday morning, a search was immediately instituted and wreckage was located at Kapiti Island. A launch with medical officers aboard was immediately dispatched, but on arrival it was ascertained that the two occupants had lost their lives when the aircraft crashed. The personnel concerned were:— Longley, Pilot Officer Harold Nevill. Father. Mr A. H. Longley. Wellington, formerly of Invercargill. Cummins, Flight Sergeant Ivan Frederick. Father. Mr F. W. Cummins. Manurewa. PRESS, 8 NOVEMBER 1943 Here we are :https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/65236 |
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Post by McFly on Nov 18, 2020 16:35:28 GMT 12
CRASH ON KAPITI ISLAND (P.A.) WELLINGTON, Nov. 6 When an R.N.Z.A.F aircraft was reported overdue oi a flight from the South Island yesterday morning, a search was immediately instituted and wreckage was located at Kapiti Island. A launch with medical officers aboard was immediately dispatched, but on arrival it was ascertained that the two occupants had lost their lives when the aircraft crashed. The personnel concerned were:— Longley, Pilot Officer Harold Nevill. Father. Mr A. H. Longley. Wellington, formerly of Invercargill. Cummins, Flight Sergeant Ivan Frederick. Father. Mr F. W. Cummins. Manurewa. PRESS, 8 NOVEMBER 1943 Here we are : aviation-safety.net/wikibase/65236Accident report available (to order) from Archives NZ - Here |
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Post by McFly on Nov 18, 2020 17:08:46 GMT 12
Pilot Officer Harold Nevill Longley Flight Sergeant Ivan Frederick Cummins   (Portraits, Weekly News) |
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