Date:	Thursday 20 June 1946
Time:	day
Type:	Avro Lancaster Mk III
Owner/operator:	1653 HCU RAF
Registration:	PB681
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF North Luffenham, Rutland, East Midlands, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF North Luffenham, Rutland
Destination airport:	RAF North Luffenham, Rutland
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Avro Lancaster B. Mk. III PB681, 1653 HCU (Heavy Conversion Unit), RAF. Written off (damaged beyond repair) 20/6/1946 when the pilot lost control of the aircraft in cumulous-nimbus cloud and the aircraft was subjected to severe turbulence. The pilot eventually regained control of Lancaster PB681, and returned to base at RAF North Luffenham, Rutland.

After landing safely back at RAF North Luffenham, the airframe was severely overstressed, with visible "wrinkling" of the airframe skin. Deemed "beyond economic repair" and Struck Off Charge 29/10/46 as FACE (Flying Accident Cat. E)

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.189 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1986)
3. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946-49 by Colin Cummings p.166
4. "RAF Write-offs 1946": Air Britain Aeromilitaria 1979 p.100: https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1979.pdf
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_conversion_units_of_the_Royal_Air_Force
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._230_Operational_Conversion_Unit_RAF
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_North_Luffenham

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
28-Aug-2013 16:54	JINX	Added
08-Nov-2018 06:33	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator]
05-Nov-2019 17:10	Anon.	Updated [Operator, Operator]
25-Sep-2020 21:32	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
28-Sep-2020 09:44	soucek56	Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Operator]
24-Jul-2021 19:50	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, Damage, Narrative, Category]
25-Jul-2021 17:03	Dr. John Smith	Updated [[Source, Damage, Narrative, Category]]
22-Jun-2023 18:41	Dr. John Smith	Updated [[[Source, Damage, Narrative, Category]]]