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Date: | Thursday 20 September 1951 |
Time: | day |
Type: | North American AT-16 Harvard T.2B |
Owner/operator: | 1 FTS RAF |
Registration: | KF902 |
MSN: | 18-008 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Little Staughton, Cambridgeshire, England -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:North American AT-16 Harvard T.2B KF902 [MSN 18-008]. No former USAAF Serial. First recorded in RAF Service November 1948 at 2 FTS RAF South Cerney, Gloucestershire as "FAJ-H". To 1 FTS, RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire in February 1951.
Written off (destroyed) 20 September 1951; The Harvard was being flown on a training sortie from RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire, with the mission being to practice forced landings. During a practice forced landing over the airfield at RAF Little Staughton, Cambridgeshire, the Harvard spun into the ground from an altitude of approximately 300 feet, after the pilot attempted to make a turn while the aircraft was slow flying, close to the stalling speed. The pilot was killed.
Crew of Harvbard KF902:
Pilot Officer (3131434) John Clark THORBURN (pilot) RAF - killed
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.117 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. The Harvard File (John F Hamlin, Air Britain, 1988 p.135)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.180
4.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Little_Staughton
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
24 January 1950 |
KF907 |
2 FTS RAF |
0 |
RAF South Cerney, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England |
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w/o |
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
10-Feb-2021 18:39 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
10-Feb-2021 18:40 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Narrative] |
10-Feb-2021 19:34 |
Investig |
Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative, Operator] |