ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 263186
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| Date: | Wednesday 23 September 1953 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  North American AT-16 Harvard T.2B |
| Owner/operator: | 1841 Sqn FAA RNVR |
| Registration: | EZ253 |
| MSN: | 88-15947 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | HMS Blackcap /RNAS Stretton, Appleton Thorn, Warrington, Cheshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | HMS Blackcap, RNAS Stretton, Appleton Thorn, Warrington, Cheshire |
| HMS Blackcap, RNAS Stretton, Appleton Thorn, Warrington, Cheshire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
North American AT-6D-NT Texan ex-USAAF 42-84166 (MSN 88-15947) to RAF as Harvard III EZ253. No known RAF service. Transferred to Fleet Air Arm. To 798 Squadron, Halesworth, Suffolk January 1946. To 780 Squadron, Hinstock, Shropshire, March 1946. To 727 Squadron, HMS Siskin, Gosport, Hampshire April 1949.
To Station Flight, HMS Condor, RNAS Arbroath, Scotland May 1950 coded "903/AO". To 799 Squadron, RNAS Yeovilton, Somerset, April 1951. To 1841 Squadron, RNVR, HMS Blackcap, Stretton, Warrington, Cheshire July 1952 coded "204/JA"
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 23 September 1953 in a taxying accident at HMS Blackcap, RNAS Stretton, Appleton Thorn, Warrington, Cheshire. While taxying, the aircraft had to brake suddenly to avoid a Naval Rating, who had wandered into the path of Harvard EZ253. The aircraft's tail lifted, the propeller struck the ground, and Harvard EZ253 nosed over. Pilot - Lieutenant W B Ryde - was uninjured. Aircraft not repaired and Struck Off Charge 19 February 1954 at HMS Siksin, RNAS Gosport.
Sources:
1. Fleet Air Arm Fixed Wing Aircraft Since 1946 (Ray Sturtivant, Lee Howard & Mick Burrow, Air Britain, 2004 p.484)
2. The Harvard File (John F Hamlin, Air Britain, 1988 p.71)
3. Ray Sturtivant & T. Ballance (1994). The Squadrons of The Fleet Air Arm. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-223-8.
4. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1941_5.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-May-2021 19:37 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 28-May-2021 21:50 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
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