Date:	Monday 6 January 1947
Time:	day
Type:	North American Harvard T.2B
Owner/operator:	EFS RAF
Registration:	FS821
MSN:	14A-961
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Hullavington, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Hullavington, Wiltshire
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Ex-USAAF Harvard 43-12662 (MSN 14A-961) Delivered to RAF as Harvard IIb FS821. To ECFS (Empire Central Flying School), RAF Hullavington, Chippenham, Wiltshire 7-6-45. The unit was renamed the Empire Flying School on 7-5-46.

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 6-1-47 when crashed at RAF Hullavington, Chippenham, Wiltshire. The aircraft's wings were not de-iced before takeoff. This caused drag on the wings, which, in turn, cause the Harvard to stall during the takeoff run. The Harvard crashed from a very low altitude, shortly after becoming airborne. The aircraft was written off as Cat. E(FA), but the two crew seems to have survived uninjured.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.132 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 Colin Cummings p 261
3. The Harvard File (John F Hamlin, Air Britain, 1988 p 135)
4. Empire Flying School RAF ORB for the period 1-8-1944 to 30-09-1947: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR20/1353: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C1219686
5. Empire Central Flying School RAF ORB for the period 1-4-1942 to 31-5-1949: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR29/628: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4100337
6. https://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1943_2.html
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_College_of_Air_Warfare
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Hullavington#History

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
22-May-2023 19:41	Dr. John Smith	Added
22-May-2023 21:56	Nepa	Updated