Date:	Thursday 2 February 1956
Time:	day
Type:	Avro Lancaster B Mk III GR
Owner/operator:	School of Maritime Reconnaissance RAF
Registration:	RE211
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF St. Mawgan, Newquay, Cornwall -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF St. Mawgan, Cornwall (EGHQ)
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Avro Lancaster B Mk III GR RE211 ("H-G") of the School of Maritime Reconnaissance, RAF St. Mawgan, Newquay, Cornwall

Written off (damaged beyond repair on 2/2/1956: Abandoned take off from RAF St. Mawgan, Newquay, Cornwall. The ASI (Air Speed Indicator) was not functioning during the takeoff run, and the pilot decided to abandon the take off. However, the Lancaster skidded on snow and the undercarriage was deliberately raised to facilitate an emergency stop.

No fatalities reported, nor any injuries. The aircraft was not repaired, and the Lancaster was deemed as "damaged beyond repair" and struck off charge in February 1956. According to at least one source (see link #4) this incident was the last ever accident which involved an Avro Lancaster in operational RAF Service, due to the type being withdrawn from service in October 1956.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.177 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. The Lancaster File (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.141
4. Avro Lancaster 1945-1965: In British, Canadian and French Military Service By Martin Derry, Neil Robinson
5. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-avro-683-lancaster-b3-gr-raf-newquay
6. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1956.htm
7. http://www.planetrace.co.uk/1950-1959_26.html

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
13-Mar-2013 22:59	Dr. John Smith	Added
29-Nov-2018 10:03	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator]
11-Jun-2020 19:32	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
12-Jun-2020 08:36	BlB	Updated [Operator, Operator]