Incident Avro Lancaster Mk I R5558,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 278703
 
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Date:Sunday 31 May 1942
Time:00:17
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk I
Owner/operator:97 (The Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF
Registration: R5558
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Minor
Location:RAF Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Taxi
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
This aircraft was damaged whilst taxying back to dispersal when the tailwheel collapsed after it ran off the concrete taxiway and sank into soft ground.
Pilots P/O WD McMurchy (Canadian), F/Sgt RH Morgan and crew were unhurt.

Sources:

http://www.bcar.org.uk/new1942-incident-logs

Revision history:

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02-Jun-2022 17:45 TigerTimon Added

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