ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 246934
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| Date: | Thursday 26 April 1951 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  North American AT-16 Harvard T.2B |
| Owner/operator: | CFS RAF |
| Registration: | FX301 |
| MSN: | 14A-1604 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near RAF Moreton-in-the-Marsh, Gloucestershire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Moreton-in-the-Marsh, Gloucestershire |
| RAF Moreton-in-the-Marsh, Gloucestershire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
43-34718 (MSN 14A-1604) Delivered to RAF as Harvard IIb FX301. To No 3 Flying Instructor School, Lulsgate Bottom, Bristol July 1944. No 7 Flying Instructor School, Upavon, Pewsey, Wiltshire August 1945. To Central Flying School, Little Rissington, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire May 1946.
Written off (destroyed) 26 April 1951 when collided with Harvard FX438 [ex-USAAF 43-34855] on approach to Moreton-in-Marsh and crashed upside down near a bungalow. Of the two crew on board Harvard FX438, one was killed, one was seriously injured. The two crew of Harvard FX301 were apparently uninjured.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.112 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. The Harvard File (John F Hamlin, Air Britain, 1988 p.110)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.131
4. RAF Little Rissington: The Central Flying School 1946-76 p.311 By R. Deacon, A. Pollock, M. Thomas, R. Bagshaw
5. CFS (Central Fighter Establishment) ORB (Operations Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/1/1951 to 31/12/1955: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 29/2310/2 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7163225
6. http://www.aviationarchaeology.org.uk/marg/crashes1950-88.htm
7. https://www.aviation-links.co.uk/Gloucestershire%20Aircraft%20Accidents.pdf
8. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1943_2.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Jan-2021 20:32 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 21-Jan-2021 11:21 | INV | Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Operator] |
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