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Date: | Wednesday 7 November 1945 |
Time: | |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 617 (Dambusters) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | PD238 |
MSN: | KC-H |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Avro Lancaster PD238 (KC-H): Written off (damaged beyond repair) 7 November 1945 when engine failed on take-off, aircraft swung off runway at RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire, and undercarriage raised to force an emergency stop.
Sources:
1. Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
2. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. pp.16. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
3. The Lancaster File (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985 p 128)
4.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/garyeason/14907729121 5.
http://www.bcar.org.uk/1945-49-incident-logs 6.
http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/showthread.php/101154-first-class-simulations-lancaster?p=1032156&viewfull=1#post1032156 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
29-Aug-2013 15:18 |
JINX |
Added |
28-Oct-2014 15:44 |
Jixon |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
09-Oct-2018 18:06 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
21-Oct-2019 22:49 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
19-Jul-2023 22:03 |
Nepa |
Updated [[Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]] |