Date:	Monday 19 April 1954
Time:	day
Type:	North American Harvard Mk IIB
Owner/operator:	1340 Flt RAF
Registration:	KF348
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Aberdare Range -   Kenya
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Eastleigh, Nairobi, Kenya
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Three Harvard light bombers (KF348, KF382 and KF985) all of 1340 Flight, RAF, based at RAF Eastleigh, Nairobi, Kenya. Destroyed in combat 19/4/54 when hit a hillside in the Aberdare mountains during bombing mission against Mau Mau hideouts. All three pilots found safe and uninjured next morning.

1. The Indian Express 21 April 1954, p1
2. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.155 ISBN 0-85130-290-4
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.47
4. The Harvard File (John F Hamlin, Air Britain, 1988)

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
17-Jan-2019 17:08	TB	Added
09-Apr-2020 00:24	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
09-Apr-2020 09:52	INV	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator]
08-Apr-2022 08:12	Ron Averes	Updated [Aircraft type, Location]
08-Apr-2022 08:12	Ron Averes	Updated [[Aircraft type, Location]]