Aircraft upside down in river
Production date
10 May 1939
Current rights
Public Domain
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About this object
Photograph of NZ160, an RNZAF Baffin aeroplane, partially submerged and upside down after an accident at Little Pigeon Bay, Banks Peninsula, on 10 May 1939. Pilot W A Hopkins and Nagivator R S Grant were uninjured.
Two men in a dinghy can be seen on the right. The man in uniform is believed to be R S Grant.
Two men in a dinghy can be seen on the right. The man in uniform is believed to be R S Grant.
Production date
10 May 1939
Production place
Production period
Media/Materials description
Black and white photograph
Media/Materials
Measurements
Height x Width: 62 x 89mm
Classification terms
Subject person
Subject period
Subject date
10 May 1939
Current rights
Credit Line
gifted by Jeff Chambers
Other number(s)
2018/9/34/91, 98419
Accession number
2018/9/34/91
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