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Date: | Monday 6 January 1947 |
Time: | day |
Type: | North American Harvard T.2B |
Owner/operator: | EFS RAF |
Registration: | FS821 |
MSN: | 14A-961 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Hullavington, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Hullavington, Wiltshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Ex-USAAF Harvard 43-12662 (MSN 14A-961) Delivered to RAF as Harvard IIb FS821. To ECFS (Empire Central Flying School), RAF Hullavington, Chippenham, Wiltshire 7-6-45. The unit was renamed the Empire Flying School on 7-5-46.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 6-1-47 when crashed at RAF Hullavington, Chippenham, Wiltshire. The aircraft's wings were not de-iced before takeoff. This caused drag on the wings, which, in turn, cause the Harvard to stall during the takeoff run. The Harvard crashed from a very low altitude, shortly after becoming airborne. The aircraft was written off as Cat. E(FA), but the two crew seems to have survived uninjured.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.132 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 Colin Cummings p 261
3. The Harvard File (John F Hamlin, Air Britain, 1988 p 135)
4. Empire Flying School RAF ORB for the period 1-8-1944 to 30-09-1947: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR20/1353:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C1219686 5. Empire Central Flying School RAF ORB for the period 1-4-1942 to 31-5-1949: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR29/628:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4100337 6.
https://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1943_2.html 7.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_College_of_Air_Warfare 8.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Hullavington#History Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
22-May-2023 19:41 |
Dr. John Smith |
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22-May-2023 21:56 |
Nepa |
Updated |