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Date: | Monday 12 March 1951 |
Time: | day |
Type: | North American AT-16 Harvard T Mk 2B |
Owner/operator: | 6 FTS RAF |
Registration: | FE910 |
MSN: | 14-644 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Tern Hill, Shropshire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Tern Hill, Shropshire |
Destination airport: | RAF Tern Hill, Shropshire |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:North American AT-16 Harvard T.2B FE910: Ex-USAAF 42-12397 (MSN 14-644). To RAF as Harvard IIb as FE910. Delivered to Canada March 1943. Operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. No 41 Service Flying Training School, Weyburn, Saskatchewan April 1943; then to RAF via USAAF Fort Dix, New Jersey. Shipped to UK March 1944. To No 16 (Polish) Service Flying Training School, Newton, Nottinghamshire August 1944. To No 3 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit November 1945. To No 6 Service Flying Training School, Little Rissington, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire March 1946. Became 6 Flying Training School, Little Rissington, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire from May 1947 as "FGB-I"
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 12 March 1951: Engine failure during overshoot at RAF Tern Hill, Shropshire, and the aircraft overturned. No reported casualties to the crew.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.111 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 Colin Cummins p 121
3. The Harvard File (John F Hamlin, Air Britain, 1988 p 86)
4.
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1942_1.html 5.
http://www.rwrwalker.ca/Cdn_RAF_AA100_brief_2.htm Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
14-Jan-2021 20:31 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
15-Jan-2021 10:18 |
Dr.Roup |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Operator] |