ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 309140
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| Date: | Sunday 13 August 1944 |
| Time: | 23:57 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster I |
| Owner/operator: | 3 Lancaster Finishing School |
| Registration: | W4271 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Swannington/Norfolk -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Swannington |
| RAF Swannington |
On landing, swung violently on runway, causing the undercarriage to collapse, whereupon a fire broke out in the aircraft. Written off as uneconomical to repair.
Sources:
Bonber Command Losses, Volume 8 by W R CHORLEY, page 179
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