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Date: | Wednesday 19 May 1954 |
Time: | night |
Type: | North American Harvard T Mk 2B |
Owner/operator: | 22 FTS RAF |
Registration: | KF130 |
MSN: | 14A-1832 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Syerston, Nottinghamshire -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Syerston, Nottinghamshire |
Destination airport: | RAF Syerston, Nottinghamshire |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:North American Harvard T.2B KF130: Known RAF service was with 22 FTS as "U-V" from January 1951
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 19/5/54: The aircraft was damaged beyond repair when it belly landed at night at RAF Syerston, Nottinghamshire. The pilot - Sub Lt W.T.N.Fleury RN - survived with only minor injuries
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.158 ISBN 0-85130-290-4
2. The Harvard File (John F Hamlin, Air Britain, 1988 p 94)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.57
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
10-Apr-2020 19:47 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
10-Apr-2020 19:57 |
INV |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator] |