Who was killed recently while flying the military transport service in New Zealand. Laughlin, veteran west coast airline pilot, The Telephone Register, McMinnville, Oregon, Thursday, AugMEMORIAL SERVICES HONOR FLIER Memorial services were held Thursday afternoon in the Macy chapel for Herschel V. Andrew Jacobsen of Seattle, Wash., and a brother, Stanford, of Carlton. Wife, Rosella his father, who resides at Carlton two sisters, Mrs. He was a graduate of McMinnville high school. Laughlin received his pilot's training at that time, and for several months had been flying planes and war materials to the Pacific war area. Laughlin of Carlton, and was born at Tillamook on December 3, 1895. States that he had been a commercial pilot for 17 years and was employed by the United Air Lines on a government contract. His death date is noted as 01 August 1943. He is buried at the Golden Gate Cemetery, San Bruno, California. The American bodies were removed from New Zealand to be buried in US Veteran cemeteries. They were cremated at the Waikumete Cemetery in Auckland. * Died 19 August 1943 at the Auckland Hospital.
The Japanese and Thai who were killed were: - APILBELSREE
The story was kept quiet in New Zealand for many years and was uncovered during research for a television show in 2003. Three of the crew, eight Japanese (one woman dying later) and the three Thai were killed.Īn investigation later found that the accident was due to crew fatigue (126 flying hours in the previous 26 days) and the lack of a pre-flight check list. Not long after take-off the plane crashed into the mangrove swamp adjacent to the airport. During 1943, the New Zealand Government planned to repatriate the Japanese in exchange On board were five US crew, 22 Japanese civilians interned from Tonga), including ten children, and three Thai students. Thanks to Peter Cook and his book Roll of New Zealand's Second World War Dead - ISBNę780473457358Īt 2.20am on Monday 02 August 1943, an American B-24 Liberator, a bomber rebuilt to accommodate freight, left Whenuapai Airport, Auckland for Australia, under US Air Transport Command.
USAAF LIBERATOR CRASH - WHENUAPAI AIRFIELD, AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND NEW ZEALAND DISASTERS AND TRAGEDIES - 1943 USAAF LIBERATOR CRASH - WHENUAPAI AIRFIELD, AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND
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