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Date: | Thursday 11 October 1951 |
Time: | day |
Type: | North American Harvard T.2B |
Owner/operator: | CFS RAF |
Registration: | FT165 |
MSN: | 14A-1205 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Ash Cottage, Icomb Road, Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Little Rissington, Cirencester, Gloucestershire |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:NA Harvard USAAF 43-12906 (MSN 14A-1205) Delivered to RAF as Harvard IIb FT165. To No 11 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit January 1945. To No 20 Flying Training School, Church Lawford, Warwickshire June 1945. To No 6 Service Flying Training School, Little Rissington, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire January 1947. To No 6 Flying Training School, Little Rissington, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire May 1947 as "FBJ-D". To CFS (Central Flying School), RAF Little Rissington, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire December 1949 as "N-H"
Written off (destroyed) 11/10/1951 when crashed at Ash Cottage, Icomb Road, Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire. Both crew killed. Aircraft failed to recover from a spin. The Harvard was seen spinning from a high altitude until very close to the ground, then it twisted over and crashed.
Crew of Harvard FT165:
Pilot Officer (156325) Leonard Arthur Coxill DFC (Instructor Pilot) RAF - killed
Flying Officer (198282) Leslie Arthur Trodd (Pupil Pilot Under Training) RAF - killed
Icomb is a village in the Gloucestershire Cotswolds, approximately three-and-a-half miles south east of Stow on the Wold, Gloucerstershire.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.120 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p 187
3. The Harvard File (John F Hamlin, Air Britain, 1988 p 97)
4. RAF Little Rissington: The Central Flying School 1946-76 p.312 By R. Deacon, A. Pollock, M. Thomas, R. Bagshaw
5. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT233/47:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C424168 6. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/31/S2545:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578391 7.
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1943_2.html 8.
https://www.aviation-links.co.uk/Gloucestershire%20Aircraft%20Accidents.pdf 9.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icomb Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
28-Dec-2019 20:00 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
28-Dec-2019 20:03 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source] |
28-Dec-2019 20:50 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
11-Feb-2021 17:59 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
11-Feb-2021 18:00 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Narrative] |
11-Feb-2021 18:46 |
Gerard76 |
Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator] |