ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 181257
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| Date: | Saturday 22 September 1945 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  North American Harvard Mk IIB |
| Owner/operator: | Training Base Luftforsvaret (RNoAF) |
| Registration: | FT166 |
| MSN: | 14A-1206 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Down Farm, Woodcutts, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Winkleigh, Devon |
Ex-USAAF 43-12907, then RAF FT166. Issued 6 February 1945 to Norwegian Training Base at RAF Winkleigh, Devon as "BD". Written off (damaged beyond repair) 22 September 1945: Crashed at Down Farm, Woodcutts, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset. Engine failed, and aircraft hit water tower in a forced landing. Student pilot (flying solo) was slightly injured. Not repaired: Aircraft struck off charge October 10, 1945
Note that the crash location of Sixpenny Handley is a village and former civil parish, in north east Dorset, England, situated on Cranborne Chase 10 miles (16 km) north east of Blandford Forum, Dorset, at approximate co ordinates 50.9548°N 2.0073°W. However, despite this, several sources give the crash location as "near Salisbury, Wiltshire" - even though Salisbury is further away (12 miles to the south west).
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.9. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. The Harvard File (John F Hamlin, Air Britain 1988 p 97)
3. http://flyblader.com/onewebmedia/Nr%206%20Harvard.pdf
4. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1943_2.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Nov-2015 20:30 | TB | Added |
| 20-May-2017 17:22 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Registration, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Jan-2018 08:20 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 24-Oct-2019 23:53 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Oct-2019 20:20 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 25-Oct-2019 20:24 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 09-Feb-2020 12:06 | Iwosh | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 12-Jun-2023 20:22 | Nepa | Updated [[Operator, Operator]] |
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