ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 222578
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| Date: | Sunday 27 April 1952 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  North American Harvard |
| Owner/operator: | Hong Kong Auxiliary AF |
| Registration: | FE609 |
| MSN: | 14-343 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sea, off Castle Peak Road, New Territories -
 Hong Kong
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Kai Tak, Hong Kong |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
EX-USAAF Harvard 42-806 (MSN 14-343) to RAF as Harvard IIb FE609. Shipped to India. Successively to No 5 Squadron. No 200 Squadron, and No 160 Squadron, RAF in 1944-48 (dates of transfer not found or not recorded). No 45 Squadron January 1948. To Station Flight, Negombo, Ceylon June 1948.
Shipped to Hong Kong 1950. To Station Flight, RAF Kai Tak, Hong Kong, October 1950. Transferred to Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force February 1951.
Written off when crashed in sea off Castle Peak Road, New Territories, nine miles west of Kai Tak, Hong Kong 28 April 1952. The aircraft struck the sea while low flying, the engine failed, and the pilot ditched the aircraft. Pilot - Pilot Officer G.C. Randall - escaped unhurt.
Sources:
1. Singapore Standard 29 April 1952, p5
2. The Harvard File (John F Hamlin, Air Britain, 1988 p.81)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.241
4. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1942_1.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Mar-2019 20:09 | TB | Added |
| 10-Mar-2021 02:56 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Mar-2021 02:57 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 26-Dec-2021 02:39 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator] |
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