Date:	Saturday 21 May 1955
Time:	day
Type:	Avro Lancaster MR Mk III
Owner/operator:	School of Maritime Reconnaissance RAF
Registration:	SW334
MSN:	H-H
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF St. Mawgan, Cornwall, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF St. Mawgan, Cornwall (EGHQ)
Destination airport:	RAF St. Mawgan, Cornwall (EGHQ)
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Avro Lancaster MR.Mk.III SW334, "H-H" of the School of Maritime Reconnaissance, RAF St. Mawgan, Cornwall. Written off (damaged beyond repair) 21/5/55: The aircraft crashed after an attempted overshoot, flying on only three engines, while engaged in navigator training. All three crew were injured.

Crew of Lancaster MR.Mk.3 SW334:
Flight Lieutenant G W Culham RAF (pilot, Service Number 196143)
Flying Officer D A Hill RAF (navigator)
Flight Sergeant A E Risby (Flight Engineer)

This accident was the penultimate (last but one) RAF accident involving Avro Lancasters in operational service - the last was the crash of Lancaster RE211 on 2/2/56 (which see)

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.171 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 16)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.134
4. The Lancaster File (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985)
5. Avro Lancaster 1945-1965: In British, Canadian and French Military Service p.18 By Martin Derry, Neil Robinson

Avro Lancaster MR.Mk.3 SW334, "H-H" of the School of Maritime Reconnaissance, RAF St. Mawgan, Cornwall, at RAF Odiham, Hampshire July 1953;

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
20-May-2020 20:54	Dr. John Smith	Added
21-May-2020 07:55	MIG29	Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Nature, Operator]