Date:	Thursday 21 August 1947
Time:	day
Type:	Avro Lancastrian C Mk 2
Owner/operator:	EANS RAF
Registration:	VL975
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Hemswell, Lincolnshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Shawbury, Shropshire
Destination airport:	RAF Hemswell, Lincolnshire

Narrative:
Avro Lancastrian C.2 VL975 (Empire Air Navigation School): Written off (damaged beyond repair) 21 August 1947. Aircraft caught fire after landing at RAF Hemswell, Lincolnshire.

Not repaired, deemed to be "beyond economic repair" and struck off charge.

Note that official Air Ministry file into the incident (File AVIA 5/29/W2389) mis-identifies the Lancastrian involved as "VK975" [sic]

1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.67. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.331.
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985 p 68)
4. The Lancaster File (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985 p 174)
5. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/29/W2389: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578235
6. EANS RAF ORB for the period 1-1-1946 to 31-7-1949: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR29/1804: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4101514
7. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VL.
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Navigation_School_RAF
9. http://www.bcar.org.uk/1945-49-incident-logs#1947
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Hemswell#Cold_War

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
26-Nov-2019 19:22	Dr. John Smith	Added
26-Nov-2019 19:53	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Source]
27-Nov-2019 12:00	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative, Operator]
10-May-2023 20:59	Dr. John Smith	Updated [[Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative, Operator]]