ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 183595
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| Date: | Wednesday 20 August 1952 |
| Time: | c. 13:30 LT |
| Type: |  North American Harvard II |
| Owner/operator: | 3 FTS RCAF |
| Registration: | 2928 |
| MSN: | 66-2661 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 3 miles east of Claresholm, Alberta -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RCAF Claresholm, AB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
North American NA-66 Harvard Mk.II, RCAF 2928: Taken on strength 5 March 1941. Category C damage on 27 March 1942 while with No. 13 Service Flying Training School at St. Hubert, PQ. Also used at No. 10 SFTS at Dauphin, Manitoba. To 3 FTS, Claresholm, Alberta.
Written off (destroyed) 20 August 1952 Crashed in a wheat field, three miles east of Claresholm. Alberta. Both crew - Canadian Instructor and NATO (Royal Danish Air Force) student pilot killed.
Crew of Harvard 2928
Flying Officer (43097) Delwood Harry Albert Larson (Flying Instructor, RCAF, Canadian National) - killed 20 August 1952, buried at METISKOW CEMETERY Alberta, Canada
Flying Officer [name undiscovered] (Student Pilot, RDAF, Danish National) - killed 20 August 1952
Aircraft destroyed: Struck off Charge 12 September 1952.
Sources:
1. Saskatoon Star-Phoenix 23 August 1952, p20: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/507924086/
2. https://www.rcafassociation.ca/heritage/post-war-data/post-war-training-casualties-rcafcf/
3. http://www.rwrwalker.ca/RCAF_2900_2949_detailed.html
4. https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/80002261
5. http://drabssageridanmark.beboer2650.dk/html/danske_soldater_faldet_i_tjene1.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Jan-2016 07:42 | JINX | Added |
| 17-Jan-2016 16:43 | TB | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 01-Jan-2018 14:20 | TB | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Mar-2021 21:01 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Mar-2021 21:02 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 18-Mar-2021 09:00 | Froome | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
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