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About Watson Thompson
On the morning of 28 November 1979, Air New Zealand Flight TE901 left Mangere airport, Auckland, for an 11-hour return sightseeing flight to Antarctica. At 12.49 p.m. (NZST), the aircraft crashed into the lower slopes of Mt Erebus killing all 237 passengers and 20 crew on board. It was the worst civil disaster in New Zealand's history. Source: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/culture/erebus-disaster
WW2 15 July 1942
- WW2 POW - Stalag XVIII-A, Wolfsberg, Austria
- WW2 POW - P.G. 107, Torviscosa, Udine, Italy
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Watson Thompson's Timeline
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March 9, 1909
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| 1979 |
November 28, 1979
Age 70
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Antarctica
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November 28, 1979
Age 70
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Mount Erebus Memorial Cross, Mount Erebus, Ross Island, Antarctica
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