Date:	Monday 5 February 1951
Time:	02:30 LT
Type:	Avro Lincoln B.2
Owner/operator:	101 Sqn RAF
Registration:	SX981
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Great Kendale Farm, Scarborough Road, 2 mi N of Great Driffield, North -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Hemswell, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Lincoln B.2 SX981: Written off (destroyed) 05/02/1951. The crew was completing a night training sortie with 101 Squadron. En-route, an engine caught fire. All six crew members decided to abandon the aircraft and bailed out. Out of control, the aircraft dove into the ground and crashed in a field located at Great Kendale Farm, Scarborough Road, 2 miles North of Great Driffield, North Yorkshire. While all six crew members were uninjured, the aircraft was destroyed.

1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.110 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 Colin Cummings P 113
3. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT233/41: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C424162
4. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/31/S2515: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578361
5. 101 Squadron ORB (Operational Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for February 1951: National Archives (PRO Kew) file AIR 27/2448/16 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8421071
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_the_Avro_Lincoln
7. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-avro-694-lincoln-b2-near-driffield
8. http://www.planetrace.co.uk/1950-1959_26.html

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
27-Sep-2008 01:00	ASN archive	Added
25-Jan-2012 00:07	ryan	Updated [Time, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative]
30-Apr-2013 18:20	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative]
30-Apr-2013 20:02	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Location]
30-Apr-2013 20:21	Nepa	Updated [Operator]
19-Oct-2019 23:10	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Date, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
26-Dec-2019 21:51	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Source]
26-Dec-2019 21:51	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source]
11-Jan-2021 22:03	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Location, Source, Narrative]