Date:	Thursday 21 February 1952
Time:	day
Type:	Avro Lancaster GR.III
Owner/operator:	203 Sqn RAF
Registration:	RF312
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Coltishall, Norfolk, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF St. Eval, Cornwall
Destination airport:	RAF Coltishall, Norfolk (EGYC)
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Avro Lancaster GR.III RF312, 203 Squadron, RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 21/2/1952. The aircraft began to swing on landing at RAF Coltishall, Norfolk, and the pilot took corrective action to try and cancel the swing. The aircraft returned to the runway, but the starboard undercarriage collapsed as a result of the stress loads exerted on it by the swing, and the aircraft was severely damaged. As far as is known, the crew all escaped uninjured.

The pilot of Lancaster RF312 on this occasion was Flight Lieutenant S D Rice, who was killed in a separate accident on 17/12/1954

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p. 123 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 Colin Cummings p 223
3. The Lancaster File (Ja,mes J Halley, Air Britain, 1985)
4. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
5. 203 Squadron ORB (Operations Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for February 1951: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 27/2657/3 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8426371
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._203_Squadron_RAF#Post_war
7. https://www.rafweb.org/images/203Sqn_3.JPG

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
26-Feb-2021 22:54	Dr. John Smith	Added
27-Feb-2021 09:34	Quenten74	Updated [Operator, Operator]