ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 263194
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| Date: | Saturday 22 May 1948 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  North American AT-16 Harvard T.2B |
| Owner/operator: | HMS Falcon /RNAS Hal Far SF FAA RN |
| Registration: | EZ348 |
| MSN: | 88-16343 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | HMS Falcon /RNAS Hal Far -
 Malta
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | HMS Falcon, RNAS Hal Far, Malta |
| HMS Falcon, RNAS Hal Far, Malta |
Ex-USAAF 42-84562 (MSN 88-16343) to RAF as Harvard III EZ348. Transferred to Fleet Air Arm. To 798 Squadron, HMS Daedalus, Lee-on-Solent, Hampshire July 1944. To 780 Squadron, HMS Godwit II, RNAS Peplow, Market Drayton, Shropshire, 18 March 1946. Damaged 25 March 1946 when hit high intensity lamp at RNAS Peplow; pilot Lieutenant S B Oliver uninjured. To HMS Fieldfare, RNAS Evanton, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland for repairs. Repairs completed, and moved on to HMS Jackdaw, RNAS Crail, Anstruther, Fife 23 March 1947, to be crated for shipment overseas.
Shipped to Malta 31 March 1947. To Station Flight, HMS Falcon, RNAS Hal Far March 1947 coded "911/HF"
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 22 May 1948: Ground looped on landing at HMS Falcon, RNAS Hal Far, Malta. Pilot was Commander James Sholto Douglas, Commanding Officer of HMS Falcon (RNAS Hal Far) at the time, who was not injured.
Struck Off Charge 6 February 1952. Damaged airframe finally destroyed in fire fighting training demonstration at RNAS Hal Far 5 December 1952.
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.72)
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/1942_4.html
5. http://www.aviationinmalta.com/MilitaryAviation/AccidentsMilitary/19401949/tabid/650/language/en-US/Default.aspx
6. http://www.douglashistory.co.uk/history/james_sholto_douglas.html#.YLF7vKhKiUk
7. http://www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk/FAA-Bases/Peplow.htm#.YLF8K6hKiUk
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-May-2021 23:31 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 29-May-2021 02:23 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 17-Jun-2021 21:03 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
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