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- Last Name:Kaimai Range Air Accident
- Country:New Zealand
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The 1963 Kaimai Range disaster is regarded as NZ's worst domestic air accident, tragically killing all 23 onboard. Shortly after 8am on the 3rd July Flight 441 took off from Whenuapai airport in northwest Auckland on route to Tauranga. It was last heard of at 9.06am, when the traffic control tower called again at 9.14am there was no response. It had crashed into a remote rocky ravine in the unforgiving Kaimai Ranges.
There is a national memorial plaque on Old Te Aroha Road, near Gordon and a commemorative display at the Classic Flyers Museum at Tauranga Airport.
Forever remembered are:
Boddington, Eleanor
Boddington, Huia Duncan
Cartmer, Leonard John James
Cooney, Shelia Maureen
Enchmarch, Leonard Derek
Flyger, Graham Clifford Frederick
Goddard, Edward Lionel
Grace, Tuta Hongara
Gray, William Bruce
Hardley, John Russell
Kissel, Peter George Guinness
Lewis, Herbert Edward
Long, Gavin Andrew
Morris, Norman Geoffrey
Pullum, Frederick Charles
Seymour, Sarah Te Taumiria
Smith, John
Taylor, Diane Veronica
Taylor, Leslie
Tolerton, Frederick
Tolerton, Ruth
Wilson, Elizabeth Jill Louise
Woodger, Kenneth John
Sources:
Waikato Times
Passenger List
