This information is added by users of ASN. Neither ASN nor the Flight Safety Foundation are responsible for the completeness or correctness of this information.
If you feel this information is incomplete or incorrect, you can
submit corrected information.
Date: | Tuesday 6 July 1954 |
Time: | day |
Type: | North American Harvard T Mk 2B |
Owner/operator: | 3 FTS RAF |
Registration: | FX216 |
MSN: | 14A-1519 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Feltwell, Thetford, Norfolk, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Feltwell, Thetford, Norfolk |
Destination airport: | RAF Feltwell, Norfolk |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:North American Harvard T.2B FX216: Ex-USAAF 43-34624, delivered December 1944. Known RAF service was with the RAE at Farnborough (December 1944 to October 1950), then 3 FTS RAF Feltwell, Thetford, Norfolk from July 1951
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 6/7/54: The aircraft struck the ground while recovering from a roll near RAF Feltwell, Thetford, Norfolk. Although the aircraft managed to return safely to base at RAF Feltwell, the damage sustained was severe enough to render the airframe as "beyond economic repair" and it was struck off charge
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.160 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. The Harvard File (John F Hamlin, Air Britain, 1988 p 105)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.69
4.
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1943_2.html .
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
15-Apr-2020 00:50 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
15-Apr-2020 10:32 |
INV |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
15-Apr-2020 20:31 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |