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Date: | Thursday 14 January 1954 |
Time: | day |
Type: | North American AT-16 Harvard T Mk 2B |
Owner/operator: | 22 FTS RAF |
Registration: | FX248 |
MSN: | 14A-1551 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Syerston, Nottinghamshire -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Taxi |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Syerston, Nottinghamshire |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Ex-USAAF 43-34660: Delivered to 9 (P)AFU RAF in September 1944. Last service from November 1952 to 22 FTS, RAF Syerston as "U-I"
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 14 January 1954: Lt P.J.Craig RN was waiting to take off from RAF Syerston, Nottinghamshire, when his aircraft was struck by a flare, and caught fire
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.154 ISBN 0-85130-290-4
2. The Harvard File (John F Hamlin, Air Britain, 1988 p 116)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.25
4.
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1943_2.html .
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
02-Apr-2020 18:58 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
03-Apr-2020 14:06 |
Investig |
Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator] |
04-Apr-2020 21:25 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
05-Apr-2020 09:17 |
Investig |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator] |