Broken Freighter

[Splitpin]

NZ5901 Broken in Mauripur Pakistan ...year unknown.
Believe it or not, she was rebuilt only to be written off in another crash in 1956.
I had no idea that 41Sqn and 3 Sqn spent so much time in that part of the world, they were of course based in Singapore at the time.

[Splitpin]

Just and add on to this post .....most of the Freighters that were badly damaged were actually taken back to Filton in the UK and fixed there ....well, I thought that was interesting.

[aerofoto]

As I recall .... the RNZAF "pranged" a couple of their BRISTOL's.

Here's a report concerning the CFIT "prang" near Blenhiem of NZ5908 during 1953 ....


https://aviation-safety.net/database/re ... 19530527-0


.... and a report coverning the NZ5901 which we pranged whilst supply dropping in Malaysia during 1954 ....


https://aviation-safety.net/database/re ... 19561210-1


SAFE AIR "broke" one too .... ZK-AYH .... near Christchurch during 1957 (this particular accident uncovered a maintenance/spar concern for all BRISTOL FREIGHTER's worlwide at the time) as per the following-liked report and other reflection ....


https://aviation-safety.net/database/re ... 19571121-0


https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.co ... air-crash/


SAFE also operated another BRISTOL .... ZK-AYG (the unlucky ship) .... which kept on breaking or getting broken whilst in service with them .... sustaining damage following an off-roading event/a RWY excursion incident during 1951 due to brakes failure after landing (it apparently did this a couple of times throughout it's NZ career), damage sustained by hangar door collapse on the aircraft during a storm in 1954, damage sustained following an aborted T/O also during 1954, damage sustained as the result of a forced landing following engine failure at air show during 1955. It was repaired after each incident/event and returned to service though.

ZK-AYG had an incident/accident history even before being acquired by SAFE AIR during 1950 ....


https://www.flickr.com/photos/gcdnz/32988910463


It was ultimately caniblised for spares .... its fuselage eventually becomming SAFE AIR's ZK-CWF during 1967.

Mark C
AKL/NZ