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Date: | Wednesday 29 November 1950 |
Time: | day |
Type: | North American AT-16 Harvard T.2B |
Owner/operator: | 2 FTS RAF |
Registration: | KF753 |
MSN: | 14A-2207 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF South Cerney, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF South Cerney, Cirencester, Gloucestershire |
Destination airport: | RAF South Cerney, Gloucestershire |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:North American AT-16 Harvard T.2B KF753: First issued for RAF service December 1945 to 7 SFTS RAF Peterborough as "FBB-P". To RAF Kirton-in-Lindsay in April 1946. Became 7 FTS in January 1948, and moved to RAF Cottesmore. To Station Flight, RAF Wittering in May 1948. Then to 2 FTS RAF South Cerney, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, from November 1948 to November 1949. To 11 RFS in June 1950 to August 1950. Returned to 2 FTS in October 1950.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 29 November 1950: crashed at RAF South Cerney, Cirencester, Gloucestershire after engine failure in flight. The aircraft was written off but both crew survived.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.108 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. The Harvard File (John F. Hamlin, Air Britain, 1988 p.134)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.96
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
06-Jan-2021 01:35 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
06-Jan-2021 10:31 |
T.T.Taylor |
Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Destination airport, Operator] |
10-Jan-2021 18:24 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Registration] |