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Date: | Wednesday 22 February 1950 |
Time: | day |
Type: | North American Harvard T.2B |
Owner/operator: | 3 FTS RAF |
Registration: | KF999 |
MSN: | 18-100 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 5 miles NNW of RAF Feltwell, Thetford, Norfolk -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Feltwell, Thetford, Norfolk |
Destination airport: | RAF Feltwell, Thetford, Norfolk |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:North American Harvard T.2B KF999: ["FBU-N"] 3 FTS, RAF. Written off (destroyed) 22/2/50 when flew into the ground five miles north-north-west of RAF Feltwell, Thetford, Norfolk. The aircraft struck the ground after a series of evolutions at low level. The instructor had radioed that he was returning to base, because the pupil pilot under instruction had passed out.
It seems possible that the passed-out pupil pilots left foot had become trapped underneath the rudder bar, leaving the instructor unable to regain control of the aircraft with the rudder effectively jammed. Both crew were killed
Crew of Harvard KF999:
Flying Officer Alfred Owner Wells, aged 27 (Instructor) - killed on active service 22/2/1950
Officer Cadet Edward Peter Masterson, aged 19 (Pupil Pilot Under Training) - killed on active service 22/2/1950
KF999 was the last Harvard T.2b to be delivered to the RAF, being delivered in December 1945, and issued for service to 3 SFTS in January 1946.
Sources:
1. Broken Wings: Post War RAF Accidents by James J Halley (Air Britain, 1999 p 99)
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p 36
3. The Harvard File (John F Hamlin, Air Britain, 1988 p 137)
4. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT 233/9:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C424130 5. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/30/S2483:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578329 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
20-Dec-2019 20:43 |
Dr. John Smith |
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23-Dec-2019 22:07 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
15-Dec-2020 00:17 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Narrative] |
15-Dec-2020 10:23 |
ABBA |
Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator] |