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Date: | Wednesday 9 May 1951 |
Time: | day |
Type: | North American Harvard T.2B |
Owner/operator: | 6 FTS RAF |
Registration: | FX203 |
MSN: | 14A-1506 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Tern Hill, Shropshire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Tern Hill, Shropshire |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:North American Harvard 43-34620 (MSN 14A-1506) Delivered to RAF as Harvard IIb FX203. To No 9 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit, Errol, Perthshire, Scotland September 1944. To No 5 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit, Ternhill, Shropshire June 1945 coded "BM". To No 6 Service Flying Training School, Little Rissington, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire January 1946 as "FBH-B". To No 6 Flying Training School, Little Rissington, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire May 1947
Written off (destroyed) when stalled and crashed near RAF Tern Hill, Shropshire 9 May 1951. The aircraft was seen to be flying straight and level at low altitude, but was then seen to stall and dive into the ground. An eyewitness report stated that the engine apparently failed shortly before the stall. The pilot was killed
Crew of Harvard FX203:
Cadet Pilot Thomas Steele Murphy, RAF (pilot Service Number 4042604, aged 25). Killed on active service 9/25/1951. He is buried in Totnes Cemetery, Devon. He was born 9th August 1925 in Glasgow
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.113 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. the Harvard File (John F Hamlin, Air Britain, 1988 p.104)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.29
4.
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1943_2.html 5.
http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?3670-Shropshir&styleid=3 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
22-Jan-2021 22:57 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
22-Jan-2021 23:00 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Narrative] |
23-Jan-2021 10:14 |
Werich26 |
Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |