Siberia' homestead, RNZAF Oxford Plane Crash
- Description
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On 30 December 1940, an Oxford training plane on a cross-country flight from Ohakea sliced straight through the middle of a two-storey house near Ashhurst, killing the two pilots instantly. Fortunately, the people inside the house, including three adults and four children, were unhurt.
This image is derived from a copy negative made from a photograph that was loaned for copying. The original photographic print is not held by the Ian Matheson City Archives.
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Identifier
- 2014N_Z5217_009689
- Date
- December 1940
- Digitisation id
- 2014N_Z5217_009689
- Format
- B&W negative
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Creation
- Created By
- Manawatu Evening Standard
Object rights
- License
- Copyright