ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 66159
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| Date: | Wednesday 16 May 1951 |
| Time: | 14:00 |
| Type: |  North American / Noorduyn AT-16 Harvard |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Netherlands Naval Air Service/Marine Luchtvaartd |
| Registration: | B-62 |
| MSN: | 14A-1366 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea off Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Valkenburg NAS, Katwijk, Netherlands (EHVB) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Harvard AT-16 ex-USAAF 43-13067 (MSN 14A-1366): Delivered to RAF as Harvard IIb FT326; no RAF service. Returned to US Government. To Royal Netherlands Army Air Force/Leger Luchtmacht Nederland September 1946 as FT326, later as B-62; loaned Royal Netherlands Naval Air Service/Marine Luchtvaartdienst 6 September 1946 as L-2; code 12-2. Returned to RNLAAF 23 July 1948.
Written off (destroyd) 16 May 1951: Emergency landing in sea after an engine failure, on a sortie from Valkenburg NAS, Katwijk, Netherlands. Pilot rescued by fishing boat SCH.62.
Sources:
1. Het Parool 17-05-1951
2. The Harvard File (John F Hamlin, Air Britain, 1988 p 100)
3. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1943_2.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Jan-2020 20:38 | Cobar | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Feb-2021 23:12 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source] |
| 20-Mar-2021 13:02 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Mar-2021 13:03 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 18-Jun-2022 14:07 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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