Date:	Monday 7 November 1949
Time:	day
Type:	North American Harvard T.2B
Owner/operator:	2 FTS RAF
Registration:	KF437
MSN:	14A-2238
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	1.5 miles North of Cricklade, Wiltshire, -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF South Cerney, Gloucestershire
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
North American Harvard KF437 ["FAI-T"]: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 7 November 1949 when crashed one and a half miles North of Cricklade, Wiltshire. The aircraft was carrying out unauthorised aerobatics, and flew into the ground due to the pilot not allowing sufficient height to effect a recovery from a loop. Aircraft stalled at the top of the loop and spun into the ground. Both crew killed

Crew of Harvard KF437:
Pilot I Reginald Walter Coleman, aged 26
Pilot II Peter Thorn Hose

1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.95. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. The Harvard File (John F Hamlin. Air Britain, 1988, p 124
3. Final Landings by Colin Cummings p 550
4. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/30/W2470: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578316

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
07-Dec-2019 14:28	Dr. John Smith	Added
07-Dec-2019 14:30	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Narrative]
08-Dec-2019 17:49	Anon.	Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator]