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Aircraft History Built by Fairey. Possibly, K2759. Assigned to the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF). Assigned to No. 1 SFTS at Wigram Airfield during April 1940. Mission History On April 12, 1940 took off from Wigram Airfield piloted by LACs Walter Raphael with passenger Wilfred Everist on a flight over the Southern Alps on a training mission. While performing a war-load climb to 15,000', entered a spin and the the crew prepared to bail out, but the aircraft recovered. Moments later it impacted trees on top of a ridge on Mount White and flipped backwards down the side of the steep slope, leaving the aircraft hanging in the trees. Wreckage Afterwards, the instruments, guns and engine were recovered and the rest of the plane abandoned. During 1976, recovered by Charles Darby and a salvage team. Restoration After restoration, this aircraft was placed into storage. In 1988 registered as ZK-TLA but remained in storage and the registration was canceled. During Arpil 2004, further restoration began. References ADF Serials - Fairey Gordon Mark I, II Thanks to Charles Darby for additional information Contribute
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