Date:	Thursday 3 February 1949
Time:
Type:	Avro Lincoln B Mk 2
Owner/operator:	230 OCU RAF
Registration:	RE338
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Lindholme, Hatfield Woodhouse, South Yorkshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Lindholme, South Yorkshire
Destination airport:	RAF Lindholme, South Yorkshire

Narrative:
Avro Lincoln B.2 RE338, 230 OCU RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 3 February 1949 in a landing accident at RAF Lindholme, Hatfield Woodhouse, South Yorkshire

The pilot overshot his first approach to RAF Lindholme in poor visibility. During the second approach, the pilot 'held off' the aircraft before allowing it to touchdown heavily, and bounce on landing. The heavy landing impact caused the undercarriage to collapse, and the aircraft slid to a halt off the runway.

Not repaired: aircraft declared FACE (Flying Accident Cat. E) and struck off charge. All crew on board were uninjured

1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings - Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells, Kent, United Kingdom: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-290-4
2. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.471
3. 230 OCU RAF ORB for the period 1-4-1947 to 31-12-1950: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 29-1636: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4101346
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_the_Avro_Lincoln
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._230_Operational_Conversion_Unit_RAF
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Lindholme#1946_%E2%80%93_1980

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
04-Apr-2023 19:22	Dr. John Smith	Added