ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 21401
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| Date: | Tuesday 24 March 1942 |
| Time: | 14:45 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 97 (The Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L7531 |
| MSN: | OF- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
Airborne 14:45 24Mar42 but crashed almost immediately when part of the port wing leading edge lifted, causing aircraft to career out of control & finish up, wrecked, near the Station Bomb Dump. Miraculously the crew escaped injury, despite smashing into a crane before coming to a stop.
Crew:
Pilot: Sqn Ldr Thomas (Tommy) Henry Boylan DSO DFC RAF/36131 ok.
*L7531 - 44Sq 6Jan42; Crashed on take-off, Coningsby 23Apr42
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999
*Avro Lancaster The definitive Record (2nd Edition) - Harry Holmes
http://www.bcar.org.uk/new1942-incident-logs
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 April 1942 | R5541 | 97 (The Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF | 0 | 4 miles East of Wragsby | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Jun-2008 16:06 | JINX | Added |
| 20-Mar-2010 10:25 | snowy | Updated [Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Jun-2013 13:42 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 18-Aug-2013 19:36 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Aug-2013 21:23 | JINX | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 18-Nov-2017 15:13 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Destination airport, Source] |
| 18-Nov-2017 15:14 | Red Dragon | Updated [Operator] |
| 18-Nov-2017 19:05 | Anon. | Updated [Cn, Operator, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 01-Nov-2018 15:16 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 01-Nov-2018 15:17 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 22-Dec-2019 09:42 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 10-Mar-2022 20:51 | TigerTimon | Updated [Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Damage] |
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