Incident North American Harvard IIA H-208,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 47958
 
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Date:Monday 23 April 1962
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic T6 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
North American Harvard IIA
Owner/operator:Belgische Luchtmacht
Registration: H-208
MSN: 88-12544
Fatalities:Fatalities: / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Lake Nyanza-Usumbura (Ruanda-Urundi) -
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
The plane struck a tree and crashed into Lake Nyanza. This was not H-203 as previously reported (this suffered an accident on 17.6.1960 and was not repaired)

Sources:

http://www.dakota15wing.be/Dakota%20News%20Online/DakNws13%20Digit.pdf
Contact (journal of the Belgian Aviation History Association), 2013, issue 65 (64 on the cover)
ex.USAAF/41-33651, EX678.

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
07-Nov-2008 10:15 ASN archive Added
16-May-2015 14:13 gerard57 Updated [Date, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative]
15-Feb-2017 08:54 Anon. Updated [Registration, Source, Narrative]
29-Jun-2018 13:15 A.J. Scholten Updated [Cn, Location, Source]

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