ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 21453
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| Date: | Wednesday 20 May 1942 |
| Time: | 15:55 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster B. Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L7581 |
| MSN: | KM-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
| RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Avro Lancaster B.Mk.I L7581/KM-R, 44 Squadron RAF: Written off (destroyed by fire) in an accident at RAF Waddington. Lincolnshire 20-5-1942.
Took off form RAF Waddington, for air test, but before attaining flying speed the leading edge of the port wing failed and the Lancaster veered off the runway, colliding with two Handley Page Hampdens belonging to 420 Sqn (P2094 and X3149). All three aircraft were destroyed By fire. All six crew survived, but three crew members were seriously injured.
Crew:
Pilot: W/O Eric W Wright DFC
AUS400519 Sgt Harland Leo HOGAN RAAF - Injured**
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: NZ404097 Sgt Arthur Raymond ROWSELL RNZAF
55829 Sgt Wilfred George BICKLEY
56206 Sgt B A GILL
93373 Cpl R ANDERSON
**AUS400519 Sgt Harland Leo HOGAN RAAF, passed away on 2-1-2011, aged 93.
Probable cause: According to the RAF Board of Inquiry, a leading edge slat broke on left wing during the take off roll, affecting control capability of the aircraft that veered off runway.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1978)
2. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?10657-741473-W-O-Eric-WRIGHT-DFC
3. http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/lancaster-crashes-in-lincolnshire-lancaster-crash-sites
4. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-avro-683-lancaster-i-raf-waddington
5. http://www.bcar.org.uk/new1942-incident-logs#may
6. http://www.sonsofdamien.co.uk/44%20squadron.htm
7. http://www.sonsofdamien.co.uk/Man-Lanc%20serials.htm#L7527
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 September 1942 | R5905 | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF | 0 | near Madum, Ulfborg, Midtjylland |  |
w/o |
| 29 June 1943 | ED307 | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF | 7 | Pastoorsmast road, Nuenen, Noord-Brabant |  |
w/o |
| 22 May 1944 | ND976 | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF | 4 | 4 km north of Kallo, Beveren, East Flanders |  |
w/o |
| 8 March 1945 | PB417 | 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF | 0 | Hamburg? (See Back to Normandy Link) |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Jun-2008 20:32 | JINX | Added |
| 01-Jun-2013 16:31 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 18-Aug-2013 21:07 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source] |
| 27-Nov-2014 16:30 | Dandy | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
| 26-Dec-2014 02:07 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Dec-2017 14:57 | Red Dragon | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 17-Jun-2021 21:01 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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