Date:	Thursday 14 January 1954
Time:	day
Type:	North American AT-16 Harvard T Mk 2B
Owner/operator:	22 FTS RAF
Registration:	FX248
MSN:	14A-1551
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Syerston, Nottinghamshire -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Taxi
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Syerston, Nottinghamshire
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Ex-USAAF 43-34660: Delivered to 9 (P)AFU RAF in September 1944. Last service from November 1952 to 22 FTS, RAF Syerston as "U-I"

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 14 January 1954: Lt P.J.Craig RN was waiting to take off from RAF Syerston, Nottinghamshire, when his aircraft was struck by a flare, and caught fire

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.154 ISBN 0-85130-290-4
2. The Harvard File (John F Hamlin, Air Britain, 1988 p 116)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.25
4. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1943_2.html .

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
02-Apr-2020 18:58	Dr. John Smith	Added
03-Apr-2020 14:06	Investig	Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator]
04-Apr-2020 21:25	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative]
05-Apr-2020 09:17	Investig	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator]