8 May - This tramp goes into the hills near Mount Bruce in the Wairarapa. A steep climb took us up to the trig point where we had wonderful views of the Tararua range. I then led 20 trampers down to find a plane wreck. This is a RNZAF Oxford which crashed in 1952. There is a great deal of debris still lying around. The pilot, the sole occupant, was killed. Deer hunters found the wreckage a year later and and the pilot's body was buried at the site.
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| Kaiparoro trig (808m) |
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| Looking towards the main Tararua Range |
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| Part of the wing |
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| One of the two engines |
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| Grave of Flying Officer David Leary |
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