Accident North American Harvard Mk I P5850,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 209708
 
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Date:Tuesday 27 August 1940
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic T6 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
North American Harvard Mk I
Owner/operator:6 FTS RAF
Registration: P5850
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Kingham Hall, Oxfordshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:Training
Departure airport:RAF Little Rissington, Gloucestershire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
North American Harvard P5850: Written off (destroyed) 27/8/40 while undertaking solo aerobatics when the aircraft stalled in a turn and dived into the ground at Kingham Hill, Oxfordshire
Crew:
Sgt Harry Williams (pilot) RAFVR was killed

Sources:

1.http://www.chippingnortonbritishlegion.com/wartime-plane-crashes-around-chipping-norton.php
2.https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/50303
3.cwgc

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
21-Apr-2018 20:24 Dr. John Smith Added
19-Nov-2018 21:27 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
08-Feb-2024 10:22 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Nature, Source, Narrative, Operator]

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