Crashed into the sea on June 23, 1941 on a training flight. Photo from: Air Force Museum of New Zealand

Became an instructional airframe during World War II. Scrapped. Photo from: RNZAF/Air Force Museum of New Zealand

NZ104 (with code B5) crashed into Lake Ellesmere on June 6, 1939 and was destroyed. The location of this photo is given as Birdlings Flat, which was an aerodrome adjoining the Lake Ellesmere bombing range. It opened in 1939. To have been repaired and given a new code in under six months seems unlikely. In July 1938 NZ104 was damaged in a forced landing "at Cape Campbell". The background in the photo is similar to that at Lake Grassmere which is near Cape Campbell. It is highly likely this is that accident. Photo from: RNZAF/Air Force Museum of New Zealand

Scrapped in 1944 but parts to be used in building a Vildebeest for the New Zealand air force museum. Photo from: RNZAF/Air Force Museum of New Zealand

Scrapped in 1944. Parts were discovered in a scrapyard in 1972 and have formed the basis of a restoration for the Air Force Museum of New Zealand. Photo from: RNZAF/Air Force Museum of New Zealand

The RNZAF operated both the Vincent and the Vildebeest. NZ343 was damaged in a storm in August 1943 and converted to an instructional air frame. Photo from: RNZAF/Air Force Museum of New Zealand

The Vildebeest was a large single-engined torpedo-bomber which still equipped two British squadrons at Singapore in 1942 and saw combat against the Japanese. K2931 was reportedly wrecked in the jungle on 21 October 1934. Photo from: National Museum of Singapore