Date:	Friday 20 February 1942
Time:	15:27
Type:	Avro Lancaster Mk I
Owner/operator:	97 (The Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF
Registration:	L7538
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:

Narrative:
On 20 February 1942 the Lancaster I L7538 of 97 Sqn RAF landed at 1527 hrs at Waddington, his home base, after a training flight, but at too high a speed. It ran off the runway into a ditch causing the undercarriage to collapse. The bomber was wrecked but the crew was unhurt. The only known by name is the pilot, Sgt J A Rowan Parry.

Some sources say this aircraft was of 97 Sqn, but it is unlikely. Waddington was the base of 44 Sqn RAF and L7538 was One of the three Lancasters delivered to this squadron on 24 December 1941 for conversion and working-up training of future Lancaster crews. And Sgt Rowan Parry flew as a second pilot in a 44 Sqn Lancaster for a raid against the Tirpitz. on 27-28 April 1942.

*44 Sqn (KM-B) 24 December 1941 - 97 Sqn January 1942. Crashed 20 February 1942.

http://www.bcar.org.uk/1942-incident-logs
"Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War, vol 3: Aircraft and Crew Losses 1942", by W R Chorley. ISBN 0-904597-89-X
"Air War Over Europe: 1939-1945", by Chaz Bowyer. ISBN 0-85052-937-9
http://www.archieraf.co.uk/archie/27_28april1942.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Waddington
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=53.172500&lon=-0.530833&z=14&m=b
*Avro Lancaster The Definitive Record 2nd Edition - Harry Holmes.

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
21-Jun-2008 20:53	JINX	Added
07-Jun-2013 13:49	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport]
18-Aug-2013 21:09	JINX	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Source]
25-Feb-2016 16:23	Laurent Rizzotti	Updated [Date, Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
06-Nov-2017 15:14	Red Dragon	Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
01-Nov-2018 15:14	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator]
22-Dec-2019 09:40	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator]