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| Date: | Thursday 9 November 1939 |
| Time: | 13:05 LT |
| Type: |  North American Harvard Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 10 FTS RAF |
| Registration: | N7104 |
| MSN: | 49-852 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hinton on the Green, 1.5 miles south of Evesham, Worcestershire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Ternhill, Shropshire |
On 9 November 1939, Acting Pilot Officer Stephen Ballard Morris of 10 FTS RAF was killed when his Harvard I N7104 hit a tree and spun into ground during unauthorised flying display for relatives. It crashed at 13:05 hrs at Hinton on the Green, 1.5 miles south of Evesham. Acting Pilot Officer Stephen Ballard Morris (Service Number 42254, aged 26) was the sole occupant.
Sources:
1. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?11155-Anyone-here-got-access-to-10-FTS-ORB-for-9th-November-1939
2. http://www.rafcommands.com/archive/15714.php
3. http://www.aviationarchaeology.org.uk/marg/crashes1930s.htm
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinton-on-the-Green
5. http://www.maplandia.com/united-kingdom/england/west-midlands/worcestershire-county/hinton-on-the-green/
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2351102/morris,-stephen-ballard/
7. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939a.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Jan-2018 21:38 | Laurent Rizzotti | Added |
| 30-Mar-2018 16:48 | A.J.Scholten | Updated [Cn, ] |
| 26-Apr-2018 15:56 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 19-Nov-2018 19:34 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Operator, Operator, ] |
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