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Date: | Saturday 15 April 1950 |
Time: | night |
Type: | North American Harvard T.2B |
Owner/operator: | 2 FTS RAF |
Registration: | KF432 |
MSN: | 14A-2133 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Forty Farm, Preston, near South Cerney, Cirencester, Gloucestershire -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF South Cerney, Cirencester, Gloucestershire |
Destination airport: | RAF South Cerney, Cirencester, Gloucestershire |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:North American AT-16 Harvard T.2B KF532, ex-USAAF 43-34849. Delivered to RAF 12 December 1944. Served from July 1947 as ["FAJ-C" later "FAJ-F"] of 2 FTS, RAF: Written off (destroyed) 15 April 1950 when crashed at Forty Farm, Preston near RAF South Cerney, Cirencester, Gloucestershire. The pilot - the sole person on board - is believed to have lost control of the aircraft whilst flying on a dark night, due to mis-reading the aircraft instruments properly. Aircraft was on a night NAVEX (Navigation Exercise) to and from RAF South Cerney and spun into the ground. Pilot killed
Crew of Harvard KF432
Pilot Officer Colin Mathieson, RAF, aged 21 - killed on active service 15/4/50
It was reported (see link #7) that the cockpit section survived, and was acquired by the Sywell Aviation Museum, Sywell, Northamptonshire
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.101. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p 48
3. The Harvard File (John F Hamlin, Air Britain, 1988 p 124)
4. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT 233/16:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C424137 5.
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1943_2.html 6.
https://www.aviation-links.co.uk/Gloucestershire%20Aircraft%20Accidents.pdf 7.
http://www.airscene.co.uk/aviation_museums/UK/sywell_aviation_museum.php Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
21-Dec-2019 23:14 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
21-Dec-2019 23:18 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Location, Narrative] |
21-Dec-2019 23:20 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source] |
23-Dec-2019 22:08 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |