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Date: | Friday 6 January 1950 |
Time: | day |
Type: | North American Harvard T.2B |
Owner/operator: | RAF College |
Registration: | FX305 |
MSN: | 14A-1608 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Coleby Hall, near Waddington, Lincolnshire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Cranwell, Sleaford, Lincolnshire |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:North American AT-16 Harvard FX305: Ex-USAAF 43-34722. Delivered to the RAF in March 1945. Originally ordered as Lend-Lease from US, USAAF serials allocated. Order transferred to Canadian Mutual Aid; this contract was back-dated to some aircraft already delivered. Aircraft up to FX354/43-34771 had USAAF data plates fitted recording the USAAF serials which had been retrospectively cancelled
Delivered March 1948 to the RAF College, Cranwell as FAD-K. Written off (destroyed) 6 January 1950, due to structural failure in flight - lost both wings in dive while recovering from aerobatics at an altitude of 3,000 feet. Pilot flying solo - was killed.
Crew of Harvard FX305:
Flight Cadet Sgt Alasdair Seton Hamilton BLACK (pilot) RAF: killed
The 20-year old pilot fatality was the stepson of Marshal of the Royal Air Force Arthur William Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder, GCB (11 July 1890 – 3 June 1967). Alasdair Seton Hamilton Black was the son of Marie (Toppy) Black (née Seton) whom Tedder had married in October 1943. That is, he was a child acquired by marriage, rather than his biological son.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells, Kent, United Kingdom: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-290-4) p 98
2. The Harvard File (John F Hamlin, Air Britain, 1988 p 107)
3. Correio da Manhã 7 January 1950, p 6
4. Belfast Telegraph Antrim, Northern Ireland 7 January 1950
5. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.29
6. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/30/S2476:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578322 7. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT 233/2:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C424123 8.
http://www.bcar.org.uk/1950s-incident-logs 9.
http://www.planetrace.co.uk/1950-1959_26.html 10.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_accidents_and_incidents_involving_Royal_Air_Force_aircraft_from_1945#1950s 11.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coleby,_North_Kesteven 12.
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1943_2.html Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
03-Oct-2015 17:01 |
TB |
Added |
18-Oct-2019 15:05 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
18-Oct-2019 15:06 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Narrative] |
20-Dec-2019 22:28 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Cn, Location, Source, Narrative] |
23-Dec-2019 22:05 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
15-Dec-2020 13:11 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |