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The Skyhawk, piloted by Flight Lieutenant John Nicholas Dick, was on a routine exercise in the Colenso area of the Ruahine Ranges when it crashed on 25 March 1981. Flight Lieutenant Dick was killed in the crash. This photograph shows the location of the crash. The top arrow shows the point of impact, the centre arrow shows where the engine was found and the bottom arrow shows the parachute canopy.

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
Public Photograph Collection Oh 10
Date
March 1981
Digitisation ID
2011P_Oh10_005761
Held In
Coolstore

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