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Date: | Friday 14 July 1950 |
Time: | day |
Type: | North American AT-16 Harvard T.2B |
Owner/operator: | 7 FTS RAF |
Registration: | FT412 |
MSN: | 14A-1452 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Barsby, Leicestershire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Cottesmore, Rutland (EGXJ) |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:North American AT-16 Harvard T.2B FT412: ex-USAAF 43-13153 (MSN 14A-1452). Delivered to RAF as Harvard IIb FT412. First issued to No 17 Service Flying Training School, Wellingore, Lincolnshire August 1944 [as "FCE-M"] To No 1 Flying Training School June 1947 [still as "FCE-M"]. To No 7 Flying Training School, RAF Cottesmore [as "FBA-J"], June 1948
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 14 July 1950 when hit a tree during a forced landing near Barsby, Leicestershire. No reported injuries to the crew.
Barsby is a village and former civil parish now in the parish of Gaddesby, in the Melton district, in the county of Leicestershire, England at approximate coordinates 52° 41′ 42″ N, 0° 58′ 4.8″ W
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.103 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. The Harvard File (John F. Hamlin, Air Britain 1988)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.68
4.
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1943_2.html 5.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barsby Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
27-Dec-2020 01:01 |
Dr. John Smith |
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27-Dec-2020 11:50 |
Angel dick one five |
Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator] |
25-Jun-2022 01:40 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Narrative, Category] |
26-Jun-2022 12:41 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |