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Date: | Tuesday 31 August 1954 |
Time: | day |
Type: | North American Harvard T Mk 2B |
Owner/operator: | 1 FTS RAF |
Registration: | KF590 |
MSN: | 14A-2291 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Broadway, Worcestershire -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Moreton-in-the-Marsh, Gloucestershire |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:North American Harvard T.2B KF590: Earliest known RAF service was with 7 FTS (coded "FB-E" later "N-E" then "E")(February 1948 to March 1953), 2 FTS (March 1953 to May 1954), and lastly with 1 FTS RAF Moreton-in-the-Marsh from May 1954.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 31/8/54: The Aircraft was wrecked in a forced belly landing at Broadway, Worcestershire, after the engine failed in flight. The engine stopped and would not re-start. No reported casualties or injuries.
This incident was the third crash of a Harvard T.2B in space of 24 hours, following the crash of Harvards FX379 and KF472 the day before.
Sources:
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 p.130)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.79
4.
http://www.aviationarchaeology.org.uk/marg/crashes1950-88.htm 5.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway,_Worcestershire Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
20-Apr-2020 20:00 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
21-Apr-2020 15:19 |
AlLach |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator] |