ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159306
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| Date: | Thursday 2 November 1944 |
| Time: | 16:55 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 156 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PB486 |
| MSN: | GT-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Upwood, Huntingdonshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Upwood, Cambridgeshire |
Undercarriage prematurely retracted on take-off for mission to Dusseldorf & DBR.
Crew:-
Pilot : Squadron Leader Alfred William Gordon Cochrane DFC & 2 Bars RNZAF NZ/403429
Crew : Pilot Officer J Aaron RAF (NCO:1035765)
Crew : Squadron Leader Dudley Farquhar Allen GM BEM RAFVR (NCO:960369)
Crew : Flying Officer James Robert Burns RAF 128393 (NCO:1319129 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 06 October, 1942)
Crew : Pilot Officer G K Dee RNZAF
Crew : Flight Sergeant L P Howell RAF
Crew : Flight Lieutenant R F Jenkins DFC RAF
Crew : Flying Officer E Jenner RAF
There is a story which might account for this incident. A new flight engineer was keen but green and was hanging on the pilot's every word, eager not to miss a word of command. The pilot had the habit of talking to both himself and the aeroplane, and often muttered exhortations to the aircraft, the crew being used to this. As speed was mounting on take-off, the pilot muttered "Come on, come on, faster, faster" and at the crucial moment, declared "Up, up, you bastard!" The engineer immediately reached down and pulled up the undercarriage and the Lancaster went skidding down the remaining length of the runway on its belly. At the resulting enquiry, the embarrassed engineer said "I thought it was rude of the pilot to speak to me like that, but acted on his instructions."
Whether this story is a hangar myth or not, I don't know, but if it isn't true, it ought to be!
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=PB486&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 7 September 1943 | ED990 | 156 Sqn RAF | 7 | Lanzenhaar, Sauerlach, Bayern |  |
w/o |
| 7 September 1943 | ED926 | 156 Sqn RAF | 0 | over München, Bayern | |
w/o |
| 7 September 1943 | JB177 | 156 Sqn RAF | 4 | Perlacher Forst, Bayern | |
w/o |
| 27 September 1943 | JA919 | 156 Sqn RAF | 6 | Liethe, Wunstorf, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Aug-2013 14:21 | JINX | Added |
| 03-Nov-2018 09:49 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 06-Sep-2021 12:45 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source] |
| 16-Jul-2023 21:44 | Nepa | Updated [[Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source]] |
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