Date:	Wednesday 22 March 1961
Time:	day
Type:	Avro Lincoln B.2
Owner/operator:	23 MU RAF
Registration:	WD144
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	0.5 mile SE of Aldergrove, County Antrim, Northern Ireland -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Aldergrove (BFS/EGAA)
Destination airport:	RAF Aldergrove (BFS/EGAA)
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Lost height on three engine approach to RAF Aldergrove; hit trees, belly landed 5 miles south east of the Airfield on 22.3.1961. The crew was completing a local training mission at Belfast-Aldergrove Airport. After several circuits, the crew started a new approach with an engine voluntarily inoperative. On final, height was lost and the airplane clipped trees and crashed in a field located five miles short of runway. All four crew members were injured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair

Aircraft deemed to have been damaged beyond repair, and struck off charge as Cat.5 (scrap) on 30.8.1961 at 23 MU RAF Aldergrove. This was the last Lincoln to be lost in RAF service, as this aircraft type was retired from service after this accident.

1. RAF Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain 1983 p.22)
2. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings - Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells, Kent, United Kingdom: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
3. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1047652/
4. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-avro-694-lincoln-b2-belfast
5. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1961.htm
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_the_Avro_Lincoln#1960s
7. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WD

Avro Lincoln B.2 WD144 covered in fire fighting foam near RAF Aldergrove 22 March 1961:

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
02-Jun-2008 01:33	JINX	Added
12-Feb-2012 12:20	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative]
24-Jan-2013 12:54	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
20-Mar-2014 01:30	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
19-Oct-2019 23:41	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Source, Embed code, Narrative]
28-Feb-2020 19:48	Anon.	Updated [Location]