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| Date: | Monday 23 April 1962 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  North American Harvard IIA |
| Owner/operator: | Belgische Luchtmacht |
| Registration: | H-208 |
| MSN: | 88-12544 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lake Nyanza-Usumbura (Ruanda-Urundi) - |
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
The plane struck a tree and crashed into Lake Nyanza. This was not H-203 as previously reported (this suffered an accident on 17.6.1960 and was not repaired)
Sources:
http://www.dakota15wing.be/Dakota%20News%20Online/DakNws13%20Digit.pdf
Contact (journal of the Belgian Aviation History Association), 2013, issue 65 (64 on the cover)
ex.USAAF/41-33651, EX678.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Nov-2008 10:15 | ASN archive | Added |
| 16-May-2015 14:13 | gerard57 | Updated [Date, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 15-Feb-2017 08:54 | Anon. | Updated [Registration, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 29-Jun-2018 13:15 | A.J. Scholten | Updated [Cn, Location, Source, ] |
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