ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 208388
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| Date: | Thursday 15 June 1939 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  North American Harvard |
| Owner/operator: | 1 FTS RAF |
| Registration: | N7064 |
| MSN: | 49-812 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Salisbury Plain, 3 miles East of Netheravon, Wiltshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Netheravon, Wiltshire |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
North American Harvard Mk.I N7064, 1 FTS, RAF Netheravon: Written off (destroyed) in a night flying accident, and crashed on Salisbury Plain, 3 miles East of Netheravon, Wiltshire. Pilot - Midshipman (Air) James Vincent Reed (pilot, flying solo, aged 19) - was killed. He was part of 1 FTS Naval Pilot's Course No.3. According to the official Air Ministry announcement in "Flight" magazine (June 22, 1939 page 628 - see link #3):
"FLYING ACCIDENTS
Midshipman (A) James Vincent Reed (flying solo) lost his life in an accident which occurred near Salisbury, Wiltshire, on June 15, to an aircraft of No. 1 Flying Training School"
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939.htm
3. https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1939/1939%20-%201903.PDF
4. http://www.naval-history.net/xDKCas1939.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Mar-2018 00:38 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 30-Mar-2018 16:49 | A.J.Scholten | Updated [Cn] |
| 23-Nov-2018 18:09 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Operator] |
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