ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 47517
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| Date: | Wednesday 7 May 1952 |
| Time: | 15:45 |
| Type: |  North American AT-16 Harvard IIB |
| Owner/operator: | 325 Sqn Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu) |
| Registration: | B-102 |
| MSN: | 14A-905 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Birdaard, Ferwerderadiel, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Leeuwarden AFB |
| Leeuwarden AFB | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Ex-USAAF 43-12606 (MSN 14A-905) Delivered to RAF as Harvard IIb FS765; no RAF service. Returned to US Government. To Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu)/Royal Netherlands Air Force October 1947 as FS765, later as B-102.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) at Birdaard, Netherlands 7 May 1952: Lost control after an engine failure and crashed into a field. Both crew killed.
Burdaard is a small village in Noardeast-Fryslân in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. Before 2019, the village was part of the Ferwerderadiel municipality. It is situated south of Jislum, southeast of Wânswert, and northwest of Aldtsjerk.
Sources:
1. The Harvard File (John F Hamlin, Air Brtiain, 1988 p. 91)
2. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1943_2.html
3. De Heerenveensche koerier : onafhankelijk dagblad voor Midden-Zuid-Oost-Friesland en Noord-Overijssel
08-05-1952
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=&limitstart=2&Itemid=555
5. https://www.ole-nikolajsen.com/history%20acft%20dk.pdf
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burdaard
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Nov-2008 10:35 | ASN archive | Added |
| 22-Jun-2018 14:38 | A.J. Scholten | Updated [Cn, Source] |
| 19-Jan-2020 09:04 | Cobar | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Dec-2020 19:07 | Cobar | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
| 13-Mar-2021 19:02 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Jun-2022 03:43 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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