Mid-air collision Incident North American AT-16 Harvard IIB B-39,
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Date:Tuesday 12 July 1949
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic T6 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
North American AT-16 Harvard IIB
Owner/operator:VVO Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu)
Registration: B-39
MSN: 14A-1477
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Gilze-Rijen AFB, Noord-Brabant -   Netherlands
Phase: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Gilze-Rijen AB
Destination airport:Gilze-Rijen AB
Narrative:
Midair collision between two Harvard planes. B-39 crashed and burned,the pilot parachuted to safety.The other Harvard B-92 carried out a belly landing at Gilze-Rijen.

Sources:

http://anp.kb.nl/thumb/showmsgdetail/msgdate/12-07-1949/msgnr/39

ex.USAAF/43-13178, FT437.

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
04-Nov-2008 10:35 ASN archive Added
10-Nov-2008 03:27 harro Updated
07-Jun-2018 14:01 A.J. Scholten Updated [Cn, Source]
02-Jun-2019 07:57 Cobar Updated [Phase, Narrative]
27-Feb-2020 10:21 Cobar Updated [Operator]
15-Jun-2022 10:15 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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