Date:	Thursday 15 March 1951
Time:	night
Type:	North American AT-16 Harvard T Mk 2B
Owner/operator:	6 FTS RAF
Registration:	KF653
MSN:	14A-2353
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Tern Hill, Shropshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Tern Hill, Shropshire
Destination airport:	RAF Tern Hill, Shropshire
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
North American AT-16 Harvard T.2B KF653 (MSN 14A-2353); First recorded in RAF service July 1945 with 2 FTS, RAF Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire as "FAI-E". To FTCCF (Flying Training Command Communications Flight) as "FKN-E" from July 1946 until May 1947. Next issued to 6 FTS, RAF Tern Hill, Shropshire, from March 1948 as "FBJ-E".

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 15/3/1951 when the undercarriage collapsed on a landing at night at RAF Tern Hill, Shropshire. No reported casualties or injuries to the crew

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.111 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. The Harvard File (John F. Hamlin, Air Britain, 1988)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.122

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
15-Jan-2021 23:03	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
15-Jan-2021 23:04	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Date]
16-Jan-2021 11:38	Quenten74	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Operator]