Date:	Thursday 18 January 1951
Time:	day
Type:	Avro Lincoln B.2
Owner/operator:	230 OCU RAF
Registration:	RF537
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Other fatalities:	1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Standing
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire (EGXB)
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Avro Lincoln B.Mk.2 RF537, 230 OCU, RAF: Written off (destroyed) 18/1/1951. Destroyed while parked at RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire, when hit by Avro Lincoln B.2 RA712, which burst into flames and was burnt out. (See Lincoln RA712 for details). No casualties or injuries involving Lincoln RF537, as the aircraft was "parked up" and unoccupied, but one member of the crew of Lincoln RA712 was killed. Another Lincoln B.2 (SX958) was damaged in the incident.

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2. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.107
3. 617 Squadron ORB (Operations Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for January 1951: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 27/2526/22 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8439424
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_the_Avro_Lincoln
5. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-avro-694-lincoln-b2-raf-binbrook-1-killed
6. http://www.planetrace.co.uk/1950-1959_26.html
7. http://www.bcar.org.uk/1950s-incident-logs
8. https://m.facebook.com/RememberTheHeroes.org.uk/photos/a.197348881663747/228777115187590/?type=3&source=57&__tn__=EH-R

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
09-Jan-2021 17:55	Dr. John Smith	Added
09-Jan-2021 20:47	Komes	Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Operator]
12-Jan-2021 15:28	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source]