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Chronological Listing of Royal New Zealand Air Force |
| Date | Air Force | A'cft | Unit / Serial | based | crashed | crew | photo | seat |
| 1st December 1951 |
 RAAF |
Meteor Mk 8 | A77- 251 | 77 Sqn | Shot down by enemy fire during dog fight with MIGs near Sunchon, North Korea |
Flt. Lt. Vance Drummond ejected captured. (born in NZ) |
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Martin-Baker Mk.1 |
| ??-??-195? |
 RAF |
Vampire | FURTHER DETAILS APPRECIATED |
 Leonard Henry Trent VC (RNZAF) |
Bale-Out or ejection | |||
| 10th August 1953 |
RAF |
Meteor F4 | VZ406 | 206 AFS | carrying out aerobatics entered an inverted spin |
Wg Cmdr Leonard Henry Trent VC (RNZAF) |
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Baled-Out at 7000 feet |
| 29th April 1957 |
New Zealand |
Venom FB1 | WR282 | 14 Squadron Ohakea | in Singapore | Fl. Lt. C. Michael. F. Mc D. Palmer ejected | Martin-Baker Mk MB.2F | |
| 3rd July 1957 |
New Zealand |
Venom | WE409 | 14 Squadron Ohakea | Lt. G. C. Hubbard ejected | Martin-Baker Mk.2F | ||
| 26th October 1961 |
New Zealand |
Canberra | WF915 | 75 Sqn | Flt. Lt. P. G. Bevan ejected | Martin-Baker MB.1C | ||
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2nd December 1969 DATE NEEDS CONFIRMATION |
 USN |
TA-4F Skyhawk |
VA-445 NAS Cecil Field, Florida |
Bird Strike. On a low level training flight with a student in northern Florida Instructor hit in face by mallard that had entered canopy | ||||
| Student missed by bird did not eject - landed aircraft |
Instructor Squadron Leader Ross Donaldson (RNZAF) ejected [rear seat] - lost an eye due to injuries |
Escapac IC-3 | ||||||
| 18th October 1974 |
New Zealand |
A-4K Skyhawk | NZ6207 | 2 Squadron Ohakea | Wg. Cdr. Fred Kinvig ejected and sustained a broken leg on landing | Escapac 1C3 | ||
| 25th March 1981 |
New Zealand |
TA-4K Skyhawk | NZ6253 | Solo training flight. Crashed in the Ruahine ranges about 25 km from Taihape | F/L John Dick | |||
| 3rd July 1985 |
New Zealand |
BAC-167 Strike Master |
NZ6367 (G27-203) |
14 Squadron Ohakea | Hit power lines in the Waiau valley of North Canterbury | Pilot Officer P. Lindsay ejected | Martin-Baker Mk(NZ)PB4 | |
| 24th October 1989 |
New Zealand |
A-4K Skyhawk | NZ6210 | During a Kiwi Red aerobatics practice in collision with NZ6211. Crashed at Ohakea | F/O Graham Carter was killed | |||
| 20th November 1991 |
New Zealand |
BAC-167 Strike Master | NZ6369 (G27-205) | Tauranga | struck trees at low level near Taupo | F/L. Craig Tanner killed | ||
| 15th April 1992 |
New Zealand |
MB339CB | NZ6467 | damaged belly landing at Ohakea | no ejections | |||
| 23rd July 1992 |
New Zealand |
A-4 Skyhawk | NZ6208 | 75 Squadron Ohakea | Engine flame out due to fuel feed problems. Crashed on the South East Coast of the North Island | Flt. Lt. Scott Armour ejected successfully | Escapac 1G3 | |
| 27th October 1992 |
New Zealand |
BAC-167 Strike Master |
NZ6368 (G27-204) |
14 Squadron Ohakea | Control problems. Crashed Kaitawa, south-east of Pahiatua |
Flt. Lt. S. L. Singleton Turner (RAAF)
ejected at 9700' (received minor injuries) |
Martin-Baker Mk(NZ)PB4 | |
| 13th October 1993 |
New Zealand |
MB339-CB | NZ6465 | 14 Sqn | FOD ingestion crashed in shallow water in the Awanui Estuary on the Rangaunu harbour near Kaitaia |
Plt. Off. Craig Forster [pilot] |
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| Pilot Off. C. J. Forster ejected at low level, sustained back injury landing in mangroves | L.A.C. S. E. Gyde at low level, sustained back injury landing in mangroves | Martin-Baker Mk.10LK | ||||||
| 28th November 1994 |
New Zealand |
MB339CB | NZ6460 | Engine failure FOD ingestion crash landing | no ejections | |||
| 20th June 1996 |
New Zealand |
A-4K Skyhawk | NZ6203 | 2 Squadron Ohakea | Engine failure. Crashed 8km north of Ohakea | Flt. Lt. A. Fraser ejected successfully | Escapac 1G3 | |
| 28th April 1999 |
New Zealand |
MB339CB | NZ6477 | Bird strike. Emergency landing at Hamilton. Damaged canopy and ejection seat | no ejections | |||
| 9th February 2000 |
New Zealand |
MB339CB | NZ6468 | belly-landed | no ejections | |||
| 16th February 2001 |
New Zealand |
A-4K Skyhawk | NZ6211 | 2 Squadron | into the ground during aerobatic exercises near Nowra in New South Wales. | Squadron Leader Murray Neilson was killed | no ejection | |
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Monday 19th March 2001 |
New Zealand |
A-4K Skyhawk | 75 Squadron Ohakea | low-flying RNZAF Skyhawk severed a 110,000-volt power line south east of Nelson, in the north of the South Island. Emergency landing | Pilot escaped uninjured | no ejection | ||
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Tuesday 20th March 2001 |
New Zealand |
TA-4K Skyhawk | NZ 6256 | 75 Squadron Ohakea | Crashed off the coast of Western Australia into the Indian Ocean 70 nautical miles west of Perth | Flt. Lt. Phillip Barnes ejected successfully | no other crew | Escapac 1G3 |
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