Date:	Thursday 27 March 1952
Time:	11:40
Type:	English Electric Canberra B Mk 2
Owner/operator:	617 (Dambusters) Sqn RAF
Registration:	WD984
MSN:	71055
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	near Beelsby, 6 miles SW of Grimsby, Lincolnshire -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire (EGXB)
Destination airport:	RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire (EGXB)
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
EE Canberra B.Mk.2 WD984, 617 (Dambusters) Squadron, RAF: Written off 27/3/1952: Lost height in snowstorm during GCA approach, port wing hit ground, aircraft cartwheeled and broke up, near Beelsby, 6 miles South West of Grimsby, Lincolnshire

All three on board killed - one of whom was Flying Officer Bohumil Vladimir Sigmund RAF (navigator) who had fled to Britain after a coup in 1948 in Czechslovakia, and rejoined the RAF. (He had served with 311 (Czech) Squadron during WWII)

Canberra WD 984 started at 11.40 hrs from RAF Binbrook on a training flight. Sergeant Ford conducted a pilot controlled descent and landing was long. The aircraft was seen as the snow disappeared beyond the perimeter of the airport. Then he was spotted by two civilians, as in a snow blizzard and low altitude sharp curves. The left wing caught while the ground and the aircraft disintegrated. The entire crew of 3 perished. Bohumil Sigmund is buried in the cemetery at St. Mary's Church of St. Gabriel in Binbrook, Lincolnshire.

Crew of Canberra B.2 WD984:
Flight Sergeant Peter Ford, RAF (pilot, aged 21)
Flying Officer Bohumil Vladimir Sigmund (navigator, Service Number 127089)
Flying Officer Frank Ernest Bath (Observer/Bomb Aimer)

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2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p 141
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT233/51: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C424172
5. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/31/S2527: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578373
6. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WA
7. http://www.bcar.org.uk/1950s.html#52
8. http://www.acr.army.cz/acr/raf/cast/046.htm
9. http://www.rafcommands.com/archive/03920.php
10. http://www.planetrace.co.uk/1950-1959_26.html
11. https://m.facebook.com/137379809624190/posts/929254773770019/
12. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beelsby

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
03-Jun-2008 16:49	JINX	Added
21-Jan-2012 18:19	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
16-Feb-2012 01:42	Nepa	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative]
03-Apr-2013 22:07	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Location, Source, Narrative]
09-Oct-2018 18:07	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator]
30-Dec-2019 23:08	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]