Date:	Monday 30 August 1954
Time:	day
Type:	North American Harvard T Mk 2B
Owner/operator:	1 FTS RAF
Registration:	KF472
MSN:	14A-2173
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Moreton-in-the-Marsh, Gloucestershire -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Moreton-in-the-Marsh, Gloucestershire
Destination airport:	RAF Moreton-in-the-Marsh, Gloucestershire
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
North American Harvard T.2B KF472: Delivered in February 1945 and known RAF operational service was with 5 (P) AFU (February 1945 to June 1945), 19 FTS (coded "FA"), (June 1945 to April 1947), RAF College Cranwell (April 1947 to July 1947), 7 FTS (coded "FBB-L" later "T-O")(April 1949 to December 1952), 6 FT (coded "P-L")(December 1952 to February 1954), 2 FTS (February to May 1954) and lastly with 1 FTS RAF Moreton-in-the Marsh (from May 1954)

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 30/8/54: The aircraft was landing at RAF Moreton-in-the-Marsh, Gloucestershire, when it swung out of control off the runway, and the undercarriage collapsed. The pilot - Pilot Officer A D Holmes - was uninjured. For some reason, Harvard FK472 was only belatedly struck off charge as Cat5(s) when sold for scrap to Avex Ltd in May 1957.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.162 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. The Harvard File (John F Hamlin, Air Britain,1988)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.85
4. https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235030392-raf-harvard-post-war-colours-and-markings/&tab=comments#comment-2894200
5. https://www.aviation-links.co.uk/Gloucestershire%20Aircraft%20Accidents.pdf

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
20-Apr-2020 19:43	Dr. John Smith	Added
21-Apr-2020 15:18	Allach	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator]