Date:	Saturday 9 July 1955
Time:	day
Type:	Avro Lincoln B Mk 2
Owner/operator:	83 Sqn RAF
Registration:	RF574
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Hemswell, Lincolnshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Hemswell, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:	RAF Hemswell, Lincolnshire
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Avro Lincoln B.Mk.2 WF574, 83 Squadron RAF. Written off (damaged beyond repair) 9/8/55. While on the landing run at RAF Hemswell, Lincolnshire, the flight engineer operated the undercarriage lever instead of the flap lever in error, and the undercarriage collapsed. The aircraft then skidded to a halt on its belly on the runway at Hemswell, but the four crew were only slightly injured

Crew of Lincoln RF574
Flying Officer A W Lock (Pilot, Service Number 3510507)
Flight Lieutenant Cyril John Trevains (Navigator, Service Number 3035366).
Flight Lieutenant P H Crutchley
Sergeant W McCracken

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.173 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.149
3. 83 Squadron ORB (Operational Record Book) (Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for 1st to 31st July 1955: File AIR 27/2635/50 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8425308
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_the_Avro_Lincoln#1950s
5. http://www.bcar.org.uk/1950s-incident-logs#1955

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
25-May-2020 19:15	Dr. John Smith	Added
25-May-2020 19:19	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Narrative]
25-May-2020 20:45	MIG29	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Operator]