ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 181252
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| Date: | Saturday 1 September 1951 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  North American Harvard IIB |
| Owner/operator: | Kommunikasjonsving/LKØ, Luftforsvaret (RNoAF) |
| Registration: | M-BA |
| MSN: | 14-169 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | ca 5 km from Sørreisa, in Solbergfjord (Reisenfjorden) -
 Norway
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Bardufoss, Norway |
| Oslo, Norway | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
North American Harvard IIb 42-632 (MSN 14-169) To RAF as Harvard IIb FE435. Delivered to Canada September 1942. Operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF]. Transferred to RCAF 1944. War Assets Corporation for disposal. Stored Ontario [Aug 1946]. To Viking Air Service, Canada.
To Norwegian Government. Shipped from Montreal, arriving Norway on SS ‘Swan Mountain’ 29 October 1946. To Luftforsvarets Forsyningskommando (LFK), Kjeller, Oslo 7 November 1946. Royal Norwegian Air Force/Luftforsvaret 14Nov46 as FE435; code M-BA. Feltflyvingen, Gardermoen November 1946. Flygeskolen, Gardermoen 27 March 1947. Lagringssveiten (Storage Flight), Værnes, Trondheim June 1950. Kommunikasjonsving/LKØ, Fornebu, Oslo.
Crashed en route Bardufoss to Oslo via Bodø and Værnes 1 September 1951: Flying in poor weather conditions with low cloud, the pilot decided to turn around when they were over the Reisenfjorden. During the turn to go back, one wing touched the water, was torn off and the plane somersaulted and sank; both occupants were rescued. The wreckage was at Smørskard on the south side of the Solbergfjord (Reisenfjorden), about 5 kms from Sørreisa. Struck Off Charge 6 November 1951
Sources:
1. The Harvard File (John F Hamlin, Air Britain, 1988 p.79)
2. http://flyblader.com/onewebmedia/Nr%206%20Harvard.pdf
3. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1942_1.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Nov-2015 19:51 | TB | Added |
| 12-Nov-2015 19:13 | TB | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Jun-2018 14:04 | A.J. Scholten | Updated [Location, Source] |
| 16-Feb-2021 23:52 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Feb-2021 23:55 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
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