Pilot  Flight Sergeant William Marshall
Crew  Pilot Officer Harold Beard
Crew  Sergeant William Plant
Crew  Flight Sergeant John Aubrey
Crew  Sergeant Brian McSweeney
Crashed  August 24, 1943 at 1130 hours

Aircraft History
Constructors Number 3857. RAF Serial Number AE502 from British Purchasing Mission contracts. Shipped to New Zealand on Manuel, BOC Unit 1 Hobsonville on 29 October 1941 and assembled at No.1 Aircraft Depot Hobsonville. To No.1 GR Squadron Whenuapai. To No.1 Bomber OTU, Ohakea 27 July 1943.

Mission History
While on a training mission, it tried to avoid a collision with another aircraft participating in the exercise and entered a spin during a steep turn. Crashed into the sea after evasive maneuvers in a training excessive 3 miles off Rangitikei River mouth. All the crew of five were killed. Written off at Ohakea on October 19, 1943.

Engine Discovery
MIA since 1943, a fisherman from Guards Fisheries on the western coast of New Zealand's north island hauled up an engine from this bomber, in late April 2004, the blades still rotated.

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