Date:	Monday 7 May 1956
Time:	day
Type:	Avro Lincoln B.2
Owner/operator:	BCBS RAF
Registration:	RA673
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Thorney Island, Emsworth, Hampshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Thorney Island, Emsworth, Hampshire
Destination airport:	RAF Thorney Island, Hampshire
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Avro Lincoln B.Mk.2 RA673, BCBS (Bomber Command Bombing School) RAF. Written off 7.5.1956: The crew was completing a local training sortie at RAF Thorney Island. On final approach, the four engine aircraft was too low and struck a sea wall, causing the right main gear to be sheared off. The airplane crash landed on its belly and came to rest. All seven crew members were unhurt while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair. Later declared a write off and struck off charge as Cat.5(c)

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.170 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.194
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_the_Avro_Lincoln#1950s
4. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-avro-694-lincoln-b2-raf-thorney-island
5. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1956.htm

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
17-Mar-2013 03:12	Dr. John Smith	Added
02-Dec-2018 15:33	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator]
15-Jun-2020 21:47	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]