ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 47511
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| Date: | Thursday 19 June 1952 |
| Time: | 02:00 |
| Type: |  North American AT-16 Harvard IIB |
| Owner/operator: | VVO Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu) |
| Registration: | B-161 |
| MSN: | 14A-997 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Gilze-Rijen AFB, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Gilze-Rijen, Noord-Brabant, Netherland (GLZ/EHGR) |
| Gilze-Rijen, Noord-Brabant, Netherland (GLZ/EHGR) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
AT-16 Harvard 43-12698 (MSN 14A-997) Delivered to RAF as Harvard IIb FS857. Delivered to Canada July 1943. Operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF] No 13 Service Flying Training School, North Battleford, Saskatchewan. Transferred to RCAF charge 1944. To War Assets Corporation for disposal in 1946.
Sold to Charles H. Babb Company, Montreal, Quebec 1946. Sold on to Aviolanda, Amsterdam, Netherlands. To Royal Netherlands Army Air Force/Leger Luchtmacht Nederland 1949 as B-161.
Written off (destroyed) 19 June 1952: Departing Gilze-Rijen, the aircraft crashed and burned at Heelten, near Gilze-Rijen, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. The pilot bailed out but was killed when the parachute failed to open. Struck Off Charge 23 June 1952
Sources:
1. Algemeen Handelsblad 19-06-1952
2. The Harvard File (John F Hamlin, Air britain, 1988 p.93)
3. http://anp.kb.nl/thumb/showmsgdetail/msgdate/19-06-1952/msgnr/30
4. https://kw.jonkerweb.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=594:noorduyn-at-16-harvard-iib-uk&catid=93&lang=en&showall=1&limitstart=&Itemid=555
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilze-Rijen_Air_Base
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Nov-2008 10:35 | ASN archive | Added |
| 10-Nov-2008 03:27 | harro | Updated |
| 23-Apr-2019 14:40 | Cobar | Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Dec-2020 19:17 | Cobar | Updated [Operator] |
| 15-Mar-2021 03:20 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Jun-2022 10:18 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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