Sad ANZAC Day news

[Oggie2620]

From another forum

Sadly, 4 Kiwi airman have joined the long list of those who have died in the service of their country. A Huey from No 3 Sqn RNZAF crashed en route RNZAF Ohakea to Wellington for the ANZAC commemoration. 3 on board died; oneis seriously injured in hospital.

 

[Ferdinand Foch]

D@mn, that sucks! My prayers are with the families.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

 

[evangilder]

 

[Wildcat]

 

[Njaco]

We just lost a soldier from New Jersey in AF.

 

[Gnomey]

 

[RabidAlien]

 

[Wayne Little]

 

[A4K]

a long salute to all...what was the cause of the accident?

 

[109ROAMING]

a long salute to all...what was the cause of the accident?

Not alot being said

It went down in mist and low cloud apparently if thats anything to go by

Media are crying the ' Hueys are over 40 years old' or some crap

 

[GrauGeist]

Not alot being said

It went down in mist and low cloud apparently if thats anything to go by

Media are crying the ' Hueys are over 40 years old' or some crap

This is terrible news

As far as the media goes, they'll always try and pin the cause on anything they think will create a stir. It's good for ratings.

 

[A4K]

We've had the Iroquois' since 1966, so it's true they're not young, but you can bet if there was anything suspicious with them they would be grounded in a flash. Our mechanics and pilots are professionals, so I'm guessing the weather played a key role here.

 

[Heinz]

 

[Oggie2620]

My friend Glen who is based at Ohakea says that they had the first of the burials yesterday. I hope the Station Padre took the service becuase having met him he is a lovely man and would make a very good fist of it. His father was a 75 (NZ) Sqn Bomber boy and hes been at Ohakea for some time so would be really appropriate.
Ohakea Base is a very devastated place at the moment..
Dee

 

[A4K]

I'm not surprised Dee...We lost an instructor and pupil in a CT/4B crash when I was in...everyone was saddened at the loss.
Thanks for the update.

Evan

 

[vikingBerserker]

Dam that blows.......

 

[Emac44]

My condolances to our fellow ANZACs in New Zealand and to their families. LEST WE FORGET

 

[Oggie2620]

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