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| Date: | Tuesday 12 July 1949 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  North American AT-16 Harvard IIB |
| Owner/operator: | VVO Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu) |
| Registration: | B-39 |
| MSN: | 14A-1477 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Gilze-Rijen AFB, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Gilze-Rijen AB |
| Gilze-Rijen AB |
Midair collision between two Harvard planes. B-39 crashed and burned,the pilot parachuted to safety.The other Harvard B-92 carried out a belly landing at Gilze-Rijen.
Sources:
http://anp.kb.nl/thumb/showmsgdetail/msgdate/12-07-1949/msgnr/39
ex.USAAF/43-13178, FT437.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Nov-2008 10:35 | ASN archive | Added |
| 10-Nov-2008 03:27 | harro | Updated |
| 07-Jun-2018 14:01 | A.J. Scholten | Updated [Cn, Source, ] |
| 02-Jun-2019 07:57 | Cobar | Updated [Phase, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Feb-2020 10:21 | Cobar | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 15-Jun-2022 10:15 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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