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 This site is devoted to providing as complete a record as possible of aircraft operated by the ADF, NZDF & PNGDF.
Included where known are brief summaries of the history and current status of aircraft employed in Australian New Zealand & PNG Military Service.

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RNZAF Avro 626
NZ201 to NZ204

  
 
 

 
     
 

Avro 626 Image Gallery

  
     
 
Serial C/N Aircaft history
NZ201 809 Arrived in New Zealand on S.S. Middlesex on 25 September 1935.
First flight at Wigram 04 October 1935.
To No.1 SFTS, Wigram.
Crashed Wigram 20 April 1937.
Hit by Gordon NZ630 during a night flying exercise at Wigram on 21 December 1939.
Converted to instructional airframe INST9 with the New Zealand Railways operated Technical Training Centre at Addington, Christchurch in August 1939.
Written off books as reduced to spares at Rongotai on 11 April 1942.
NZ202 810 Arrived in New Zealand on S.S. Middlesex on 25 September 1935.
Not assembled until early 1936. To No.1 SFTS, Wigram.
Took part in the first RNZAF Display at Rongotai on 04 June 1938.
Written off books at Wigram on 11 April 1942 as reduced to spares.
NZ203 811 Arrived in New Zealand on S.S. Middlesex on 25 September 1935.
Not assembled until early 1936. To No.1 SFTS, Wigram until 1939.
Took part in the first RNZAF Display at Rongotai on 04 June 1938.
Withdrawn from use in June 1943 and converted to INST90 with Hastings Air Training Corps. Sold to J. Frogley as ZK-APC in May 1947.
Flown infrequently but was brought out of retirement in 1957 and flown to Wigram to take part in the RNZAF 21 birthday celebrations.
Dismantled in 1958 and placed back in storage on owners farm. Registration cancelled on 23 August 1965.
Restored to civil register on 29 March 1977 to J. Frogley and sold to RNZAF Museum in October 1980.
Restoration began at Ohakea in November 1981 and the aircraft flew again for the first time since 1958 on 08 July 1985.
Civil registration cancelled on 23 August 1985.
The aircraft flew for some years as NZ203 as part of the RNZAF Historic Aircraft Flight before being withdrawn for display at the RNZAF Museum, Wigram.
NZ204 812 Arrived in New Zealand on S.S. Middlesex on 25 September 1935.
Not assembled until early 1936.
To No.1 SFTS, Wigram.
Took part in the first RNZAF Display at Rongotai on 04 June 1938.
Written off books at Wigram on 11 May 1943 as reduced to spares.
 
     

The Author of this page is Ivan Prince (updated by Brendan Cowan).

Sources: Various AHSNZ publications 1963-1985. RNZAF Colour Schemes Volume 1 by W.P. Russell. NZ Wings September 1989.

Emails: John Andrade, Guilherme Pereira, Brendan Cowan, Martin Edwards,

Converted to CMS 22nd September 2025

Updated 28th January 2014