Date:	Tuesday 22 January 1952
Time:	night
Type:	Avro Lincoln B Mk 2
Owner/operator:	97 (The Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF
Registration:	RE413
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	300 yards south of RAF Hemswell, Lincolnshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
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 RE413: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 22/1/1952 when the aircraft struck the ground in conditions of poor visibilty, 300 yards south of RAF Hemswell, Lincolnshire, while making a BABS (Blind Approach Beam System) approach to Hemswell. Three of the seven crew on board were injured, but all seven survived.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.124 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.217
4. 97 Squadron ORB (Operations Recrod Bok)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/1/1951 to 31/12/1953: National Archives (PRO Kew) file AIR 27/2638 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2505276
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_the_Avro_Lincoln#1950s
6. http://www.bcar.org.uk/1950s-incident-logs#1952
7. http://www.97squadronassociation.co.uk/history.html

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
23-Feb-2021 01:59	Dr. John Smith	Added
23-Feb-2021 09:13	Froome	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Operator]