What do you mean by "NZ Vincents in action"? Do you mean against the enemy? Because that would be none. The RNZAF's Vincents were only ever stationed in New Zealand and Fiji. They carried out daily operational anti-shipping and anti-submarine patrols and escorts but none ever found any enemy shipping or subs worthy of an attack.
Serials of the Vincents were NZ300 through to NZ361, and the majority of these saw operational service at one point or more in their career as well as being used in training roles. Vincents were used by the Auckland (GR) Squadron, the NZGR Squadron, and No's 1, 2, 3, 4, 7 and 8 (GR) Squadrons in defensive patrol operations. They were also used non-operationally by No. 22 (Army Co-op) Squadron, plus several Service Flying Training Schools and the School of General Renconnaissance as trainers, and numerous station units as target tugs.
As for crews, there were many hundreds of men involved, a few crews died in Vincents in accidents while carrying out operational patrols or opeational training, and perhaps the only case of a Vincent which
may have seen action and its crew
may have been killed by the enemy was NZ332 of No. 8 (GR) Squadron which went on a search patrol off of Gisborne while a Japanese submarine was suspected to be in the area. There's no proof that the two met, but the Vincent and it's crew failed to return and so some members of the squadron even now still wonder about it, did they attack the sub? Probably not. If you're on a long seaward patrol in a single engined aircraft, anything can happen. The crew lost were Harry Kinder, Charles Turnbull, and Nepia Stewart.
I am writing a comprhensive history of the General Reconnaissance squadrons of the RNZAF, which flew Vickers Vincents among many other types. If there's anything specific you'd like to know, feel free to email me on
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