Crash of a Lockheed PV-1 Ventura in Kaukapakapa: 1 killed
Date & Time:
Mar 21, 1945 at 1030 LT
Operator:
Registration:
NZ4518
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Whenuapai - Whenuapai
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a training mission out of Whenuapai AFB when the twin engine aircraft collided with a RNZAF C-47 registered NZ3501 over Kaukapakapa. The crew of the C-47 was able to return to Whenuapai AFB with minor damages and landed safely. The captain of the Ventura ordered his crew to bail out and attempted to make an emergency landing when the aircraft crashed in a field in Kaukapakapa. The pilot F/Lt William Farnsworth was killed while his crew was unhurt.
