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Date: | Tuesday 22 December 1953 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Avro Lancaster B Mk III GR |
Owner/operator: | School of Maritime Reconnaissance RAF |
Registration: | TX265 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF St. Eval, Cornwall, England -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF St. Mawgan, Newquay, Cornwall |
Destination airport: | RAF St. Eval, Cornwall |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Avro Lancaster B.Mk.III (GR), School of Maritime Reconnaissance RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 22/12/1953 when crashed on approach to RAF St. Eval, Cornwall
The Lancaster was making a final GCA (Ground Controlled Approach) to RAF St. Eval at the end of a radar navgation training sortie which had taken off from RAF St. Mawgan, Cornwall. Due to a misunderstanding of instructions from the GCA Talkdown Controller, the pilot attempted to go to a visual approach, using VFR (Visual Flight Reference) protocols too early. The Lancaster descended rapidly, and the pilot attempted to remedy the situation by overshooting, but lost directional control and and struck the ground 400 yards short of the runway at RAF St.Eval.
Of the five crew, three were uninjured, but two passengers (both of Squadron Leader Rank) sustained minor injuries. The Lancaster was written off as "damaged beyond econmic repair"
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.144 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 Colin Cummings p.437
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain 1985 p.56)
4. The Lancaster File (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985)
5.
https://www.pprune.org/aviation-history-nostalgia/340224-lancaster-write-off-st-eval-1953-a.html 6.
https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-avro-683-lancaster-iii-raf-st-eval 7.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_St_Eval#Post_World_War_II Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
10-Mar-2013 17:48 |
Dr. John Smith |
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28-Dec-2014 03:59 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
29-Nov-2018 09:59 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator] |
03-Feb-2020 01:46 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
12-Jun-2020 08:35 |
BlB |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
12-Jun-2020 08:58 |
AlLach |
Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative, Operator] |
25-May-2021 16:31 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
25-May-2021 21:17 |
BlB |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |