Date:	Friday 14 April 1950
Time:	day
Type:	Avro Lincoln B Mk 2
Owner/operator:	Aeroplane & Armament Experimental Establishment(A&AEE
Registration:	RE232
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Silloth, Cumberland, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Ferry/positioning
Departure airport:	RAF Silloth, Cumberland
Destination airport:	RAF Aldergrove, Northern Ireland
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Avro Lincoln B.Mk.2 RE232, A&AEE Boscombe Down: Delivered to Boscombe Down 2 April 1945. Written off (damaged beyond repair) in a take off accident at RAF Silloth, Cumberland on 14 April 1950.

The aircraft was en-route from Boscombe Down to RAF Aldergrove, Belfast, Northern Ireland, and had landed at RAF Silloth, Cumberland to make a refuelling stop. After refuelling, the aircraft took off again from Aldergrove, but the undercarriage collapsed during the take off run at Silloth, and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair. The crew of two were injured, although not seriously, and were taken to Hospital in Carlisle for treatment.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.99 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.48
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_the_Avro_Lincoln#1950s
4. https://www.colettiscombataircraft.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/The-Secret-Years-RAF-Boscombe-Down-1939-45-Tim-Mason.pdf

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
17-Dec-2020 22:08	Dr. John Smith	Added
21-May-2023 08:33	Nepa	Updated