| Accession No |
1802.8842
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| Name/Title |
PHOTOGRAPH; Crashed airplane at Wanganui airport
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| Brief Description |
A black and white photograph of the plane owned by F H Norton which crashed at 200 yeards from the hangar at the Whanganui Airport. A group of men are looking at the smashed front of the plane, while two young boys look inside the cockpit.
The accident occured around 2pm on the 19 September 1931. The pilot, flight officer D Seabourne, was severly injured about the head and removed to hospital. The plane is a total wreck except the tail.
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| Classification |
Print, Photographic/Documentary Artifact/Communication Artifacts/Nomenclature
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| Primary Maker |
Whetton, Thomas Henry (b.1880, d.1959)
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| Primary Prod Date |
19 Sep 1931
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| Primary Prod Period |
20th century
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| Primary Prod Place |
Whanganui/Aotearoa/New Zealand
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| Measurement Reading |
15.6 x 20.4cm
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| Signature/Marks |
Wanganui Regional Musuem/ copyright
Close up of plane owned by F H Norton / which crashed at 200 yeards from the Hanger/ at the airport, Wanganui, About 2pm 19/09/1931./ The pilot, flight officer, D Seabourne, was / severly injured about the head and removed/ to hospital. The plane is a total wreck except/ the tail. /Observe the youthful curiosity/ inspecting the cockpit from which the/ unfortunate pilot was pitched /like a ball. / T H Whetton/ Wanganui
Wanganui Regional Museum/ P.O. Box 352, Wanganui
18Z
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