File:Corsair NZ 5536 Air Crash - March 3 1945 (47215814831).jpg
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On March 3 1945 Alfred Percy Fogerty was killed as his Corsair NZ 5536 crashed into the sea near Waiheke Island. He had been performing air exercises when the plane spiralled out of control according to witnesses. Black smoke and flames were seen as the plane hit the sea. Though he deployed his parachute witnesses reported there seemed to be no sign of life or consciousness as the parachute descended. The Air Department file held by Archives New Zealand includes the enquiry into the accident. The file makes no mention of Fogerty’s body being found. A coroner’s inquest was held without his body being found, a file which Archives New Zealand also holds (ACGS 16231 COR 1945/806 R23869542). In his will a gift of £100 was left to Auckland University College to buy books for the Economics Department library (more details in file AAOM 6030 183 17246 R23140363). An entry on Auckland Museum Cenotaph indicates a memorial plot at a cemetery in Hillsborough, Auckland <a href="http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C18922" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/recor...</a> Though we are unsure if this indicates his body ever being found. According to AviationHeritage.org, his body was never found. Archives New Zealand Reference: ADQA 17211 AIR 624 25/2/2103 <a href="https://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=21076314" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=21076314</a> Material from Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga |
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| Source | Corsair NZ 5536 Air Crash - March 3 1945 |
| Author | Archives New Zealand from New Zealand |
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