NEW ZEALAND DISASTERS AND TRAGEDIES
MOUNT RICHMOND, NELSON AIR ACCIDENT
THURSDAY 07 MAY 1942
On Thursday 07 May 1942, a Union Airway's Lockhead airliner on a flight from Wellington to Nelson crashed into Mount Richmond near Nelson.
The five people who died were the first civilian casualties on a regular New Zealand passenger flight.
The victims were:
| FARRAR | Amy (Miss) | 52 | Passenger | Christchurch |
| FELL | Pamela Ruth (Miss) | 29 | Passenger | Nelson |
| JOHNSTON | Keith Richard | 34 | Commander | Married of Miramar, Wellington |
| MOORE | William Herbert | 35 | Passenger | Wellington |
| SMILLIE | William | 23 | Second Officer | Married of Rongotai, Wellington |
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