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Australian & New Zealand Military Aircraft Serials & History

RNZAF de Havilland DH.4
A7893 & A7929

     
 

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Serial c/n Aircraft history
A7893 ? Arrived in New Zealand on board "S.S. Matatua" on 08 August 1919 as Imperial Gift Aircraft.
Taken to Sockburn for storage and probably erected about November 1919.
This was the first aircraft to fly over Mount Cook which it did on 08 September 1920 piloted by Captains Wilkes and Isitt.
Used for annual refresher training of NZPAF pilots from 1924.
The aircraft appears to have suffered no serious accidents during it's flying life.
Broken up and burnt at Wigram in 1930.
A7929 ? Arrived in New Zealand on board "S.S. Matatua" on 08 August 1919 as Imperial Gift Aircraft.
Taken to Sockburn for storage and probably erected about November 1919.
Coded "J" on nose.
Used for annual refresher training of NZPAF pilots from 1924.
Appears to have suffered no serious accidents during it's flying life.
Broken up and burnt at Wigram in 1930.

DH-4 A7929 RNZAF Photo
 
     

Author: Ivan Prince (Updated by Brendan Cowan)

Sources: AHSNZ publications 1959-1992.

Emails: Martin Edwards, Brendan Cowan,

Updated 09 December 2013
     
     

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