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Date: | Wednesday 27 February 1957 |
Time: | day |
Type: | North American AT-16 Harvard T.2B |
Owner/operator: | St. Andrews UAS RAF |
Registration: | FT282 |
MSN: | 14A-1322 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Perth/Scone Airfield, New Scone, Perth, Scotland -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | Perth Airport, New Scone, Perth (PSL/EGPT) |
Destination airport: | Perth Airport, Perth (PSL/EGPT) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:North American Harvard T.2B FT282: Ex-USAF 43-13023. Delivered April 1944. Known RAF service career was with 5 (P) AFU, RAF (November 1944 to April 1946), 7 SFTS (April 1946 to August 1946), 610 (County of Chester) Squadron coded "RAQ-Y", then "DW-Y" and finally just "Y" from August 1946 to June 1952. Next with Edinburgh UAS (University Air Squadron) from June 1952 to November 1952, then finally with St. Andrews UAS (University Air Squadron) from October 1955.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 27/2/1957 when belly landed at Perth/Scone after the pilot forgot to lower the undercarriage. Not repaired, and struck off charge as Cat.5(c) 27/2/1957. No reported injuries to the two crew.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.188 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. The Harvard File (John F Hamlin, Air Britain, 1988 p.99)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.234
4.
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1943_2.html Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
29-Jul-2020 20:14 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
29-Jul-2020 20:16 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time] |
30-Jul-2020 07:42 |
Yarbi |
Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |