Incident Avro Lancaster Mk I R5908,
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Date:Friday 27 November 1942
Time:20:15 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk I
Owner/operator:1661HCU RAF
Registration: R5908
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Airborne from Scampton at 1925hrs for a night flying exercise, the aircraft was wrecked when it was landed heavily from an approach, due to the pilot misjudging his height and believing he was 50 feet higher up than the aircraft's actual altitude. The impact broke the aircraft's undercarriage. Pilots Sgt RD Codlin, Sgt H Siddons and their crew were unhurt.

Sources:

http://www.bcar.org.uk/new1942-incident-logs

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