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Date: | Thursday 18 January 1951 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Avro Lincoln B.2 |
Owner/operator: | 230 OCU RAF |
Registration: | RF537 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Other fatalities: | 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Standing |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire (EGXB) |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Avro Lincoln B.Mk.2 RF537, 230 OCU, RAF: Written off (destroyed) 18/1/1951. Destroyed while parked at RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire, when hit by Avro Lincoln B.2 RA712, which burst into flames and was burnt out. (See Lincoln RA712 for details). No casualties or injuries involving Lincoln RF537, as the aircraft was "parked up" and unoccupied, but one member of the crew of Lincoln RA712 was killed. Another Lincoln B.2 (SX958) was damaged in the incident.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings - Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells, Kent, United Kingdom: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.107
3. 617 Squadron ORB (Operations Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for January 1951: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 27/2526/22 at
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8439424 4.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_the_Avro_Lincoln 5.
https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-avro-694-lincoln-b2-raf-binbrook-1-killed 6.
http://www.planetrace.co.uk/1950-1959_26.html 7.
http://www.bcar.org.uk/1950s-incident-logs 8.
https://m.facebook.com/RememberTheHeroes.org.uk/photos/a.197348881663747/228777115187590/?type=3&source=57&__tn__=EH-R Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
09-Jan-2021 17:55 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
09-Jan-2021 20:47 |
Komes |
Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Operator] |
12-Jan-2021 15:28 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source] |