Date:	Friday 19 December 1952
Time:	night
Type:	Avro Lincoln B Mk 2
Owner/operator:	7 Sqn RAF
Registration:	RF453
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	near RAF Upwood, Cambridgeshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Initial climb
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Upwood, Cambridgeshire
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Avro Lincoln B.Mk2 RF453, 7 Squadron, RAF Upwood: Written off (damaged beyond reapir) 19/12/1952, when crashed on take off from RAF Upwood, Cambridgeshire. Shortly after takeoff from RAF Upwood, while in initial climb, the number three engine caught fire. The captain feathered the propellor and retarded the throttle on this engine, then ordered the flight engineer to shut down the number three engine.

For unknown reasons, possibly a misunderstanding, the flight engineer mistakenly shut down the number two engine, instead of the number three. With insufficient power and airspeed, the aircraft stalled and crashed in an open field located few hundred yards past the runway end. While all six crew members were slightly injured, the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Crew of Lincoln RF453:
Flying Officer D S Enslie
Flight Lieutenant W T Thornton
Sergeant E B Stacey
Sergeant D Robinson
Seregant R L Ainsby
Flight Lieutenant T A Stanton

Probable cause: The cause of the fire on engine number three remains unclear. Wrong reaction on part of the flight engineer who shut down the wrong engine.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.139 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.323
4. 7 Squadron ORB (Operations Record Book)(Air Ministry File AM/F.540) for December 1952: National Airchives (PRO Kew) File AIR 27/2593/44 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8423393
5. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-avro-694-lincoln-b2-raf-upwood
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_the_Avro_Lincoln#1950s
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._7_Squadron_RAF#Post-war
8. http://www.rafupwood.co.uk/214squadron.html

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
27-Sep-2008 01:00	ASN archive	Added
30-Apr-2013 17:58	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
14-Jun-2013 19:01	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location]
04-Oct-2018 14:25	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator]
05-Apr-2021 21:29	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative]
05-Apr-2021 21:32	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source]
06-Apr-2021 16:49	Koumes	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Operator]