Date:	Wednesday 18 October 1950
Time:	day
Type:	North American AT-16 Harvard T.2B
Owner/operator:	2 FTS RAF
Registration:	KF179
MSN:	14A-1880
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Kemble, Gloucestershire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF South Cerney, Gloucestershire
Destination airport:	RAF Kemble, Gloucestershire
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Harvard KF179: First recorded RAF service was with 11 (P) AFU RAF Calveley, Cheshire, from January 1945. Next to 20 FTS, RAF Church Lawford as "FAJ-R" from June 1945. Thence to 22 FTS, RAF Syerton, Nottinghamshire, as "FCI-K" from January 1950. Finally with 2 FTS, RAF South Cerney, Gloucestershire, from September 1950

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 18/10/1950; Engine failed on approach to RAF Kemble, Gloucestershire. Aircraft spun out of control, and dived into the ground. No reported injuries to the crew.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.107 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.91
4. https://www.aviation-links.co.uk/Gloucestershire%20Aircraft%20Accidents.pdf

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
03-Jan-2021 23:54	Dr. John Smith	Added
04-Jan-2021 11:51	Giggs	Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator]