Incident North American Harvard T.2B KF140,
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Date:Friday 4 November 1949
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic T6 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
North American Harvard T.2B
Owner/operator:RAF College Cranwell
Registration: KF140
MSN: 14A-1941
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Brant Broughton, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Training
Departure airport:RAF Cranwell, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
North American AT-16 Harvard KF140/'FAD-Y' RAF College Cranwell. Written off (destroyed) 4 November 1949: During a night navigation exercise from Cranwell, the aircraft ran out of fuel, and the two crew bailed out successfully. the Harvard dived into the ground at Brant Broughton, Lincolnshire

Brant Broughton (pronounced Brew-ton) is a small village in the Brant Broughton and Stragglethorpe civil parish (where the population is listed), in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies north of the A17 approximately 8 miles (13 km) east of Newark-on-Trent, 12 miles (19 km) north west of Sleaford and 12 miles (19 km) south of Lincoln.

Sources:

1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells, Kent, United Kingdom: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-290-4)
2. The Harvard File (John F Hamlin, Air Britain, 1988 p.113)
3. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.549

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