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Harvard
Serial #: AJ864
Construction #: 76-3834
Civil Registration:
  ZK-XII
Model(s):
  Harvard Mk. II
Name: None
Status: Restoration
Last info: 2007
History:
Delivered to Royal Air Force as AJ864.
Transferred to Royal New Zealand Air Force as NZ977.
  • Crashed at Dee Stream Valley at 9,465 feet in Kaikoura Range, March 1942.
    • Stripped & abandoned.
Eddie Billman, Auckland, NZ, circa 1983-1985.
  • Fuselage airlifted by chopper from crash site, 1983.
  • Restoration started using parts from NZ987.
Greg Ryan, Auckland-Ardmore, New Zealand, 1987-1995.
  • Restoration project, Ardmore, 1987-1995.
  • Using parts from NZ989 & fuselage section of NZ1038.
NZ977 Syndicate, Auckland, later Papakura 28.5.90/07
  • Registration ZK-XII reserved.
  • Long term restoration project.
Source(s):
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-6th Edition, 2020.
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None
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