ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 309091
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| Date: | Wednesday 2 November 1949 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster GR Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 236 OCU RAF |
| Registration: | TX271 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Kinloss, Kinloss, Moray Firth, Scotland. -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Kinloss, Kinloss, Moray Firth |
Avro Lancaster TX271: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 02/11/1949.
The rear gun turret of this aircraft caught fire while taxiing for take-off at RAF Kinloss. Although not 100% positively established it is thought that the fire was caused by a hydraulic leak being ignited by an electrical short circuit.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.548
3. The Lancaster File (James J Halley, Air Britain 1985)
4. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/military/Crashes_in_IOM_Scotland_and_NI.pdf
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._236_Operational_Conversion_Unit_RAF
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Kinloss#Cold_War
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