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Date: | Friday 17 October 1952 |
Time: | day |
Type: | North American Harvard T.2B |
Owner/operator: | 7 FTS RAF |
Registration: | KF688 |
MSN: | 14A-2388 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Folkingham, South Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Cottesmore, Oakham, Rutland |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:North Amrerican Harvard T.2b KF688 [MSN 14A-2388]. Direct purchase, so no fomer USAAF serial. First recorded in service with 7 FTS, RAF Cottesmore, Oakham, Rutland as "FBA-C" in December 1948.
Written off (destroyed) when collided with Harvard FX388 (MSN 14A-1691) when that aircraft was rejoining the formation, both aircraft abandoned and crashed near Folkingham, South Kesteven, Lincolnshire, 17 October 1952. Both pilots of both aircraft abandoned their aircraft safey, and parachuted to earth unharmed.
The reported crash location of Folkingham is an English village and civil parish on the northern edge of the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire. The civil and ecclesiastical parishes cover the same area. Folkingham lies on the A15 road 11 miles (18 km) north of Bourne and 10 miles (16 km) south of Sleaford.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.134 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p 302
3. The Harvard File (John F Hamlin, Air Britain, 1988 p 109)
4.
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1943_2.html 5.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folkingham Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
26-Mar-2021 15:10 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
26-Mar-2021 19:41 |
Emil Robot |
Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |