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Date: | Wednesday 12 September 1951 |
Time: | |
Type: | North American Harvard T.2B |
Owner/operator: | 101 RFS RAF |
Registration: | KF334 |
MSN: | 14A-2025 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 2 miles east of RAF Breighton, East Yorkshire, England -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Breighton, East Yorkshire (EGBR) |
Destination airport: | RAF Breighton, East Yorkshire |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:North American Harvard T.2B KF334, 101 RFS (Reserve Flying School), RAF: Written off (destroyed) 12/9/51 when crashed at 2 miles east of Breighton Airfield, Yorkshire. The aircraft became uncontrollable in a spin, and when it could not be recovered from the spin, the pilot bailed out
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.119 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 Colin Cummings p 176
3. The Harvard File (John F Hamlin, Air Britain, 1988 p 120)
4. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT233/67:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C424188 5. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/31/S2543:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578389 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
27-Dec-2019 00:19 |
Dr. John Smith |
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27-Dec-2019 12:15 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |