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Date: | Monday 19 June 1950 |
Time: | day |
Type: | North American AT-16 Harvard T.2B |
Owner/operator: | 3 FTS RAF |
Registration: | FX444 |
MSN: | 14A-1747 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Feltwell, Thetford, Norfolk, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Feltwell, Thetford, Norfolk |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:North American AT-16 Harvard T.2B: FX444. Ex-USAAF 43-34861 (MSN 14A-1747). To No 16 (Polish) Service Flying Training School, Newton, Nottinghamshire September 1944. To No 7 Service Flying Training School, RAF Kirton-in-Linsey December 1945. To RAF College, Cranwell, Lincolnshire December 1947 coded "FAA-D". To No 3 Flying Training School, Feltwell, Norfolk November 1949.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when collided with wind sock on take-off at RAF Feltwell, Thetford, Norfolk, 19 June 1950. Not repaired, struck off charge as FACE (Flying Accident Cat. E) in July 1950. No reported injuries to crew.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.103 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. The Harvard File (John F. Hamlin, Air Britain, 1988)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.64
3.
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1943_2.html Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
26-Dec-2020 18:24 |
Dr. John Smith |
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28-Dec-2020 11:58 |
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