Date:	Saturday 5 September 1953
Time:	night
Type:	Avro Lincoln B.2
Owner/operator:	148 Sqn RAF
Registration:	RE397
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Wittering, Cambridgeshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Wittering, Cambridgeshire (EGXT)
Destination airport:	RAF Upwood, Huntingdonshire
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Avro Lincoln B.Mk.2 RE397, 148 Squadron, RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 5/9/1953 in a take off accident at RAF Wittering, Cambridgeshire.

The aircraft was on its take off run, having already accelerated to 75 knots, and the tail had lifted off the ground. At this point, the port mainwheel tyre burst. The burst tyre caused the aircraft to swing off the the runway, ground loop through 90 degrees, and the undercarriage to collapse.

Although the aircraft was written off (deemed "damaged beyond repair"), the crew of six were all apparently uninjured.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.149 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.409
4. 148 Sqaudron RAF ORB (Operations Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for September 1953: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 27/2649/66 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8426008
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_the_Avro_Lincoln#1950s
6. https://www.key.aero/article/legacy

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
14-May-2021 15:16	Dr. John Smith	Added
14-May-2021 21:24	Vicktor	Updated [Operator, Location, Operator]
14-May-2021 21:32	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative]