Incident Canadian Car & Foundry Harvard IV H-136,
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Date:Wednesday 23 December 1959
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic T6 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Canadian Car & Foundry Harvard IV
Owner/operator:Belgische Luchtmacht
Registration: H-136
MSN: CCF4-381
Fatalities:Fatalities: / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Kamina -   Congo (Democratic Republic)
Phase: Landing
Nature:
Departure airport:
Destination airport:Kamina AB
Narrative:
c/n : CCF4-381 Canadian Car & Foundry Harvard IV
TYPE : Harvard 4  Harvard 4K
US SERIAL : 51-17199
BAF SERIAL : H-136

1953-11-00: taken on charge by the Belgian Air Force as H-
1953-00-00: dismantled for transport to Kamina, Belgian Congo
1953-00-00: to Advanced Pilots' School, Kamina, Belgian Congo
1959-10-00: modified at Kamina as Harvard 4K
1959-12-23: at Kamina Belgian Congo, Cat.5, H-136 landed on top of H-125 which was waiting to take-off
1960-01-00: date out at Kamina
1960-10-00: the Harvards acquired by the Belgian Air Force through MAP
were deliberately destroyed with bulldozers at Kamina when Congo gained its independence


Sources:

1. https://www.belgian-wings.be/harvard-part-iii
2. https://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1951.html


Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
20-Nov-2023 07:44 Peter Ziegler Added
20-Nov-2023 07:45 harro Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Country, Destination airport]

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