ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 181256
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| Date: | Tuesday 29 April 1952 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  North American SNJ-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 334 Skv. Luftforsvaret (RNoAF) |
| Registration: | M-BR |
| MSN: | 88-9107 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Fosseholmen, Møvik, west of Kristiansand -
 Norway
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RNoAF Fornebu, Norway |
| RNoAF Sola, Norway | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
North American SNJ-4 Harvard ex-US Navy BuAer No. 05600 (MSN 88-9107). UK Civil Registered 1946 as NC58270 then N58270, to Thor Solberg, Somerville, NJ. Sold to Royal Norwegian Air Force/Luftforsvaret 9 May 1949 as 9107; code M-BR.
Operated by Luftforsvarets Forsyningskommando (LFK), Kjeller, Oslo 9 May 1949. To 331 Skvadron, Værnes, Trondheim 30 October 1950. To 334 Skvadron, Sola, Stavanger March 1952.
During a training flight from Fornebu to Sola, the aircraft crashed into the sea outside Foss Holmen at Møvig, west of Kristiansand 29 April 1952. Pilot - Pilot Sersj O.H. Flengstad - killed. The cause was believed to be low cloud cover so that the pilot did not see the water surface. Struck Off Charge 26 June 1952
Sources:
1. https://www.nrk.no/norge/disse-norske-pilotene-omkom-1.11637858
2. http://flyblader.com/onewebmedia/Nr%206%20Harvard.pdf
3. http://www.joebaugher.com/navy_serials/thirdseries1.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Nov-2015 20:05 | TB | Added |
| 11-Nov-2015 20:47 | TB | Updated [Source] |
| 22-Jun-2018 14:37 | A.J. Scholten | Updated [Source] |
| 13-Mar-2021 18:19 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-May-2021 09:41 | Yelush | Updated [Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 02-Aug-2023 17:00 | Nepa | Updated [[Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator]] |
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