Date:	Tuesday 28 February 1950
Time:	day
Type:	Avro Lancaster MR Mk III
Owner/operator:	210 Sqn RAF
Registration:	RE175
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF St. Eval, Cornwall, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Taxi
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF St. Eval, Cornwall
Destination airport:	RAF St. Eval, Cornwall
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Avro Lancaster MR.Mk.III RE175, 210 Squadron, RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 28/2/1950. The tailwheel failed during taxying, and the resultant damage led to the aircraft being written off and struck off charge

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.90 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.36
4. The Lancaster File (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985)
5. 210 Squadron RAF ORB (Operations Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for February 1950: National Archives (PRO Kew) file AIR 27/2468/56 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8421969

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
15-Dec-2020 00:46	Dr. John Smith	Added
15-Dec-2020 10:20	DG333	Updated [Operator, Location, Operator]
14-Jan-2021 19:35	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Date]