Date:	Tuesday 9 January 1951
Time:	night
Type:	North American AT-16 Harvard T.2B
Owner/operator:	2 FTS RAF
Registration:	KF454
MSN:	14A-2255
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	near RAF Blakehill Farm, SW of Cricklade, Wiltshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Blakehill Farm, Wiltshire
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
North American AT-16 Harvard T.2B KF454: First recorded in service in January 1945 with 11 (P) AFU, RAF Calveley, Cheshire. Then to 20 FTS, RAF Church Lawford as "FAK-A" in June 1945. Lastly with 2 FTS, RAF South Cerney as "FAK-A" from July 1947. Frequently detached from July 1947 to January 1951 at the satellite station of RAF Blakehill Farm

Written off (destroyed) 9/1/1951: The pilot failed to climb away from RAF Blakehill Farm, South West of Cricklade, Wiltshire, and the aircraft flew into the ground just beyond the airfield boundary. No reported injuries to the crew.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.109 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. The Harvard File (John F Hamlin, Air Britain, 1988 p.125)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.105
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Blakehill_Farm
5. https://www.rafblakehillfarm.co.uk/

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
08-Jan-2021 01:55	Dr. John Smith	Added
08-Jan-2021 02:03	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, Narrative]
08-Jan-2021 02:04	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source]
08-Jan-2021 09:36	Quenten74	Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Operator]