ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 278699
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Date: | Sunday 31 May 1942 |
Time: | 05:00 LT |
Type: | Avro Manchester Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 49 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | L7308 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Location: | RAF Ingham, Lincolnshire, England -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:This aircraft was damaged on return from operations. The aircraft ran out of fuel in flight, causing one engine to fail and the other to splutter. The pilot made a forced landing at Ingham but touched down 10 feet outside the airfield boundary, causing the undercarriage to collapse.
Pilot Sgt TG Irvine and crew were uninjured.
Sources:
http://www.bcar.org.uk/new1942-incident-logs http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RAF/49_wwII.html Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
02-Jun-2022 17:21 |
TigerTimon |
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