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Date: | Wednesday 17 February 1954 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Avro Lincoln B Mk 2 |
Owner/operator: | 61 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | RA687 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Wittering, Cambridgeshire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Wittering (EGXT) |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Avro Lincoln B.Mk.2 RA687, 61 Squadron, RAF Wittering. Written off (damaged beyond repair) 17/2/54 in a take off accident. Whilst taking off from RAF Wittering, Cambridgeshire, an engine failed, and the pilot - Flight Sergeant R E Ratcliffe - could not control the consequent swing off the runway. The take off was abandoned, the aircraft overshot, and the aircraft's undercarriage collapsed; RA687 was damaged beyond economic repair.
The fact that 61 Squadron RAF was about to re-equip with EE Canberra B.Mk.2s (which arrived from 16 August 1954) may have also been a deciding factor in the decision not to repair RA687.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.155 ISBN 0-85130-290-4
2. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.35
3. National Archives (PRO Kew): 61 Squadron Operational Record Book (Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for February 1954 - File AIR 27/2624/76 at
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8424939 4.
http://www.no-50-and-no-61-squadrons-association.co.uk/history-of-n0-61-squadron/ Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
05-Apr-2020 21:32 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
06-Apr-2020 08:54 |
Iwosh |
Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Operator] |