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31st May 2018, 14:46

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Warmtoast

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I took these photos during my first overseas posting to 5 FTS (RAF Thornhill), S. Rhodesia between 1951-1953 when the RAF was just 34-years old.

The two Harvard's above collided in mid-air three-days later at the Rhodes Centenary Air Rally at Salisbury in S. Rhodesia killing the three occupants (newspaper cutting below). Aircraft crashed away from spectators and thankfully no one on the ground was injured.

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