Of Akitio. Died when he crashed his plane in the Ruahine Ranges on 21 July 1935 in an area known today as Armstrong's Saddle while he was flying from Akitio to Hastings. His body was never found and he was thought to have wandered off after the crash.
Armstrong, Hamish, -1935
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New Zealand - Miscellaneous, mainly armed forces and search & rescue operations
Date: 1935, 1950-1951
From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives
Reference: PAColl-0785-1-222
Description: Photographs taken for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance, 1935 and 1950-1951. Plane crash in Ruahine Ranges and loss of pilot Hamish Armstrong, 1935; K-Force troops and crew from troopship `Wahine' which ran aground on Masela Island reef in Arafurua Sea north of Darwin, Aug 1951; air search using RNZAF Dakota of No 41 Transport Squadron for cutter Argo which went missing during Wellington to Lyttelton centennial yacht race, Feb 1951; after-math of volcanic eruption at Mount Lamington, Papua New Guinea, Feb 1951. HMNZS Pukaki on return from active service in Korea, 1950 (photographs taken by McLachlan); RNZAF in Fiji and inspection by Air Vice-Marshal D V Carnegie, Chief of Air Staff, Jul 1951; military parade in grounds of Parliament, Wellington, undated; able seaman Ray W Golding serving in HMNZS Rotoiti, Jun 1951; Australian destroyer HMAS Anzac, Commander J Plunkett-Cole and crew, 1951 (and newspaper cutting)l; members of Britain's defence establishment at Western Union Air Examining Squadrons HQ (undated) Quantity: 33 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints
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Papers relating to the Armstrong plane crash in the Ruahine Range
Date: [1935-1976]
From: Powell, Ian Lyall, 1905-1993 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-7408-17
Description: Comprises correspondence, clippings and other papers relating to Hamish Armstrong's plane crash in the Esk Valley in 1935 Powell took part in the search and rescue operation Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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Powell, Ian Lyall, fl 1930-1992 :Photographs of a crashed aircraft and camping trips
Date: ca1930-1935
From: Powell, Ian Lyall, 1905-1993 :Photographs
Reference: PAColl-7563-1
Description: Photographs of unidentified snow covered landscapes; skiers and trampers in action or in groups, some outside tramping huts, or in amongst tent camps; photographs of Hamish Armstrong's crashed De Havilland Gipsy Moth plane taken on the 4th and 5th of August 1935 Hamish Armstrong set off to fly from Akitio to Hastings on 21 July 1935. He crashed in the Ruahine Ranges in an area known today as Armstrong Saddle. On Sunday 4th of August 1935 the wreckage of the plane was found by a group of trampers looking for a skiing ground. Hamish Armstrong's body was never found. Quantity: 60 b&w original photographic print(s).