Date:	Thursday 19 September 1946
Time:	day
Type:	Avro Lancaster B Mk VII
Owner/operator:	40 Sqn RAF
Registration:	NX690
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 25 / Occupants: 25
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	5 miles West of Homs (Al-Khums), Murqub, East of Tripoli -   Libya
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF St Mawgan, Cornwall
Destination airport:	Almaza Airfield, Cairo, Egypt

Narrative:
Avro Lancaster B.Mk.VII NX690, 40 Squadron, RAF: Written off (destroyed) 19 September 1946 when caught fire in flight and crashed 5 miles (10 km) West of Homs (Al-Khums), Murqub, East of Tripoli, Libya. Probably hit by lightning. All 25 on board (eight crew and 17 passengers) were killed.

1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.52. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. The Lancaster File (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985 p 112)
3. Military Aviation Disasters/David Gero
4. The Indian Express 25 September 1946, p 2
5. http://www.planetrace.co.uk/1940-1949_28.html
6. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-avro-683-lancaster-vii-near-khoms-25-killed
7. http://www.planecrashinfo.com/1946/1946-54.htm
8. http://www.rafcommands.com/archive/06277.php
9. https://www.wikiwand.com/en/List_of_fatal_accidents_and_incidents_involving_Royal_Air_Force_aircraft_from_1945

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
27-Sep-2008 01:00	ASN archive	Added
20-May-2010 12:25	TB	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Nature, Narrative]
28-May-2010 04:11	TB	Updated [Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
23-Jan-2019 10:11	TB	Updated [Source, Narrative]
22-Oct-2019 21:11	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
22-Oct-2019 21:12	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Location]
27-Oct-2019 22:13	Anon.	Updated [Operator, Operator]