De Havilland Tiger Moth DH 82A NZ 1401 to NZ1420 1939 to 1956 Part 5

Built by De Havilland Australia at Banksdown

NZ 1401

Constructors No.: DHA 487
Australian Built at Bankstown
B O C ` Unit 18 Rongotai 23 Sep 1941
To 4 EFTS Whenuapai 1941
To 1 EFTS Taieri 1942
Failed to recover from a spin A/C crashed near Taieri 29 Aug 1942
LAC Wilson parachuted to safety
Written off

NZ 1402

Constructors No.: DHZ 488
Australian Built at Bankstown
B O C Unit 18 Rongotai 25 Sep 1941
To 1 EFTS Taieri 1942
To 3 EFTS Harewood 9 Apr 1944 – May 1945
Issued free from Wigram
To Auckland Aero Club 25 Jan 1948
Registered ZK – ARW 23 Jul 1948
Crashed near Pukekohe 11 Sep 1948

NZ 1403

Constructors No.: DHA 489
Australian Built at Bankstown
B O C Unit 18 Rongotai 8 Oct 1941
To 2 EFTS Ashburton 1942 – 1943
Sold from 42 Sqn
To Canterbury Aero Club 29 May 1946
Registered ZK – AJO 29 Jun 1946
To James Aviation Ltd Oct 1949
Converted to Top dresser by Aircraft Services Ltd
Converted to A sprayer Jul 1958
Last Aerial Top Dressing by Tiger Moth 18 Jan 1958
To D Kain Dec 1959
To James Aviation Ltd 1966
Restored by Finch Aviation
For display flying with James Aviation 1976 – 1977
Test flight Sep 1977
Retained as air worthy Museum Exhibit at Hamilton
Withdrawn From use in 1981
De Registered 6 May 1993
On display at Museum Of NZ in Wellington

NZ1404

Constructors No.: DHA 490
Australian Built at Bankstown
B O C Unit 18 Rongotai 10 Oct 1941
To 3 EFTS Harewood 1942
Sold from Wigram
To South Canterbury Aero Club 27 Feb 1947
Registered ZK – ALQ
Spun into ground from 3,000 ft 1 Oct 1949
De Registered 25 Nov 1949
To Airwork NZ Ltd in a damaged condition
Rebuilt 29 May 1950
Re Registered ZK – AVP 8 Jun 1950
Used by Airwork N Z Ltd
Converted to a Top dresser
Damaged after being caught in a severe down
Draught and crashing at Chartwell 7 Aug 1952
Repaired
To Rural Aviation Ltd, New Plymouth 9 May 1953
Crashed near Maxwell 26 Jan 1955
De Registered 8 May 1956

NZ 1405

Onstructors No.: DHZ 491
Australian Built at Bankstown
B O C Unit 18 Rongotai 29 Oct 1941
To 1 EFTS Taieri 1942 – 1943
To 3 EFTS Harewood 1944
Issued free from Wigram
To Middle Districts Aero Club 25 Nov 1949
Registered ZK – ATZ 6 Jan 1950
Named Popsie
To W Bower and Co
Converted to Top dresser Jun 1954
Badly damaged in accident at Titaumea 16 Feb 1956
Seriously injuring Mr Monty Rodger
Stored for Rebuilding
Rebuilt As two seater
To L Beaver, Masterton 10 Oct 1957
To J Hanlon, Dunedin 1959
To Otago Gliding Club 1961
Crashed At Wanaka 20 Jan 1965
Rebuilt At Taieri
Crashed At Dunedin 27 May 1967
To C Pyper, Invercargill 2 Jun 1967
Fuselage was at ATC Invercargill 1972
Believed stored in Invercargill

NZ 1406

Constructors No.: DHZ 492
Australian Built at Bankstown
B O C Unit 18 Rongotai 10 Oct 1941
To 1 EFTS Taieri 1942 – 1943
Engine failure, forced landing on Saddle Hill
U/C shorn off 18 Jun 1942
Repaired And returned to service
Mid air with Tiger Moth NZ 864
Taking off from Taieri 10 Jun 1943
Written off 24 Jun 1943

NZ 1407

Constructors No.: DHA 493
Australian Built at Bankstown
B O C Unit 18 Rongotai 12 Sep 1941
To 1 EFTS Taieri 1941 – 1942
To G R School New Plymouth
Stalled in a turn and crashed at Bell Block Airfield 29 Dec 1944
Written off 16 Jan 1945

NZ 1408

Constructors No.: DHA 494
Australian Built at Bankstown
B O C Unit 18 Rongotai 29 Oct 1941
To 1 EFTS Taieri 1941 – 1943
Sold from 42 Sqn
To Nelson Aero Club 9 Aug 1946
Registered ZK – AKG 9 Aug 1946
Crashed into Nelson Harbour 2 Nov 1947

NZ 1409

Constructors No.: DHA 495
Australian Built at Bankstown
B O C Unit 18 Rongotai 24 Nov 1941
To 1 EFTS Taieri 1942
Sold from Taieri
To J Crombie 12 Apr 1947
Registered ZK – AQF 22 Jul 1947
Named Marie Isobel
To Aerial Sowing Canterbury Ltd
Converted to Top dresser 1950
To Auster Air Services Ltd 1954
To C Scargill
To Aerial Sowing Canterbury Ltd Timaru
Withdrawn from use reduced to produce 1958 – 1959
De Registered 9 May 1960

NZ 1410

Constructors No.: DHA 496
Australian Built at Bankstown
B O C Unit 18 Rongotai 24 Nov 1941
Fitted with Canopy 1943
Operated by ATC Touring Flight
While carrying out an aerobatic display 1540 on 16 oct 1943
Failed to recover from a stall turn, dived into ground,
At Carter’s Beach, Westport
F/O Albert Hancock killed
Mr Dudley Wade seriously Injured
Written off 26 Nov 1943

NZ 1411

Constructors No.: DHA 497
Australian Built at Bankstown
B O C Unit 18 Rongotai 19 Dec 1941
To 3 EFTS Harewood
Mid Air with Tiger Moth NZ 778 in the landing circuit at Harewood,
The A/C locked together and plummeted to the ground
Where they burned 0845 on 25 Jul 1942
LAC James Mead killed
Written Off 20 Aug 1942

NZ 1412

Constructors No.: DHA 498
Australian Built at Bankstown
B O C Unit 18 Rongotai 12 Dec 1941
To 1 EFTS Taieri 1942 – 1943
Issued free from Wigram
To Napier Aero Club 14 Aug 1949
Registered ZK – ATK
To Hawkes Bay Aerial Top Dressing, Hastings
Converted to Top dresser Jul 1950
Withdrawn from use 1957
Fuselage burnt at Hastings 5 Nov 1958
De Registered 1 Sep 1959

NZ 1413

Constructors No.: DHA 499
Australian Built at Bankstown
B O C Unit 18 Rongotai 22 Dec 1941
To 2 EFTS Ashburton 1942 – 1943
Sold from Whenuapai
To Piako Aero Club 13 Aug 1948
Registered ZK – AQD 16 Apr 1948
To Aircraft Services Ltd
Converted to Top dresser Apr 1952
To Thames Aerial Top Dressing Co Ltd Apr 1955
Crashed near Kerata 20 Feb 1956

NZ 1414

Constructors No.: DHA 500
Australian Built at Bankstown
B O C Unit 18 Rongotai 24 Nov 1941
To 2 EFTS New Plymouth
Moved to Ashburton 1941-1943
Issued free from Wigram
To Waikato Aero Club 14 Mar 1949
Registered ZK - BBV 1952
Stored in Hamilton by the club between 1949 and 1952
Badly damaged in a crash in the
Parakeka Valley 1430 on 24 Apr 1962
Rebuilt
While on a flight from Te Kuiti to Rukuhia
The A/C crashed into a hillside at Ohaupo 1 Mar 1964
Pilot and passenger was uninjured but the
A/C was damaged beyond repair
Fuselage to J Peasant, New Plymouth who owned
ZK – ATM at the time

NZ 1415

Constructors No.: DHA 501
Australian Built at Bankstown
B O C Unit 18 Rongotai 13 Nov 1941
Declared surplus by Govt Stores Board SR 66/56 Tender No 6504 28 Jun 1956
Sold for 376 .00.00 pound [$752]
To E Henshaw, Timaru
Registered ZK – BSN
Accident when taxing in high winds at Timaru, 31 May 1958
De Registered 1959
To J Dunn, Balclutha 1966
To No 27 ATC Sqn, Blehheim 7 Aug 1968
To Blenheim Tiger Syndicate 14 Jul 1970
Airworthy At Blenheim
To V Powell, Blenheim 9 Oct 1975
Badly damaged while on loan to Hawera Aero Club 15 May 1986
Stalled on take off from Hawera Airfield
To M Nicoll, Blenheim
For rebuild 1987
To M Nicoll NSW 10 Nov 1989
To G Orphan, Blenheim
For rebuild 3 May 1994
To Historic Aircraft Trust, Papakura 14 Nov 2003
Currently airworthy

NZ 1416

Constructors No.: DHA 502
Australian Built at Bankstown
B O C Unit 18 Rongotai 4 Dec 1941
To 1 EFTS Taieri 1941 - 1943
To 2 EFTS Ashburton 1944
Involved in last RNZAF fatal Tiger Moth accident when the
A/C hit and killed a Flare path controller during night landings
At Ashburton 18 Jul 1944
Issued free from 42 Sqn
To West Coast United Aero Club 16 Jul 1946
Registered ZK – AJQ
The A/C was issued as a replacement for
The early war “Gift” A/C ZK- AFY
To Aerial Fertilising Co Ltd 22 Mar 1951
To Aviation Services, Hamilton 26 Sep 1957
Converted to Sprayer
Stalled just prior to landing in turbulent
Weather at Waharoa 21 May 1960
Ferry flight to storage for winter
Believed stored at Pongakawa

NZ 1417

Contstructors No.: DHA 503
Australian Built at Bankstown
B O C Unit 18 Rongotai 24 Nov 1941
To 2 EFTS Ashburton 1942 – 1944
Issued free from Wigram
To Southland Aero Club 22 Dec 1947
Registered ZK – AOX 15 Aug 1947
To Wellington Aero Club Feb 1951
To F and R Larsen, Taumatatahi Jun 1957
To E McEwen
To Alexander Helecopters Ltd, Wanganui late 1963
Withdrawn from use Nov 1963
De Registered 30 Jun 1964
On display at Southward Motor Museum at Paraparaumu

NZ 1418

Constructors No.: DHA 504
Australian Built at Bankstown
B O C Unit 18 Rongotai 12 Dec 1941
To 2 EFTS Ashburton 1942
Destroyed by gale at Ashburton 1 Feb 1943
Written off 19 Feb 1943

NZ 1419

Constructors No.: DHA 505
Australian Built at Bankstown
B O C Unit 18 Rongotai 12 Dec 1941
To 2 EFTS Ashburton 1942 - 1943
Issued free from Whenuapai
To Waikato Aero Club 22 Nov 1946
Registered ZK- AKO 7 Nov 1946
To replace “ Gift” A/C in early war ZK – ACC
To Aircraft Services Ltd
Converted to Top dresser
Named Scotts Wild Oats
To James Aviation Ltd, Hamilton Dec 1949
Crashed at Mamuku, swung on take off after hitting a patch
Of mud on runway, ended up inverted
On runway 26 June 1956
De Registered Exported to Australia
Registered VH – BPY
To A and B Paynter, Coolah, NSW 12 Apr 1957
To Australian Aircraft Sales, Kings Cross, NSW 1 May 1957
De Registered withdrawn from use 5 Sep 1957

NZ 1420

Constructors No.: DHA 506
Australian Built at Bankstown
B O C Unit 18 Rongotai 2 Jan 1942
To 2 EFTS New Plymouth
Struck power lines over a river near Inglewood 25 Jun 1942
P/O P Jacobsen LAC G Buick injured
Written off 27 Aug 1942