ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159379
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| Date: | Wednesday 9 May 1945 |
| Time: | 14:35 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 83 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PB616 |
| MSN: | OL-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | B.112 Rheine/Hopsten ALG -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF ALG B-112 (Rheine-Hopsten AB) |
Lancaster B.Mk.III PB616 ('OL-A') of 83 Squadron, RAF. Written off (damaged beyond repair) 9-5-1945 when tyre burst on take-off at RAF Advanced Landing Ground B-112 (Rheine-Hopsten AB): aircraft swung off runway & undercarriage collapsed, being Destroyed By Fire. Pilot, Flt Lt E.R. Brown uninjured
Accident was observed by F/L Keith Watson and his F/E Len Wilman of 97 Squadron. The plane was full of POWs who proceeded to exit the aircraft while it burned and re-joined the queue to get on another kite! Watson wrote about it in his personal diary and an unpublished account called 'Mission Most Memorable'. Watson records that it was the starboard wheel which disintegrated and F/L Brown retracted the undercarriage and dropped the plane onto its underbelly.
Sources:
1. Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
2. http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=PB616
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/991686/brown,-/
4. https://www.flickr.com/photos/ww2images/6901851533/in/photolist-bvTN1e-5JHzhb-bvVvBk
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 August 1943 | ED984 | 83 Sqn RAF | 6 | Nunsdorf, Zossen, Brandenburg | |
w/o |
| 20 October 1943 | JB154 | 83 Sqn RAF | 7 | near Anreep, Drenthe |  |
w/o |
| 2 January 1944 | ND354 | 83 Sqn RAF | 7 | Lutten, Goldenstedt, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 11 April 1944 | ND389 | 83 Sqn RAF | 7 | Boensberg, Merksplas, Antwerp |  |
w/o |
| 11 November 1944 | PB188 | 83 Sqn RAF | 1 | railway station of Hamburg-Harburg | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Aug-2013 05:33 | JINX | Added |
| 08-Oct-2018 22:21 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Nov-2018 21:30 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Operator, Operator] |
| 31-Jan-2020 06:47 | Ian Campbell | Updated [Narrative] |
| 27-Jun-2022 10:17 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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