Date:	Thursday 29 August 1946
Time:	day
Type:	Avro Lincoln B Mk 2
Owner/operator:	97 (Straits Settlement) Sqn RAF
Registration:	RF485
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Standing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Avro Lincoln RF485, 97 (Straits Settlement) Squadron, RAF: Written off (destroyed by fire) 29 August 1946 in a hangar fire at RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire

During servicing at RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire leaking fuel from the aircraft dripped onto an inspection lamp. The heat from the lamp ignited the fuel, and started a hangar fire which totally consumed Lincoln RF485.

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3. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.339-340
4. "RAF Write-offs 1946": Air Britain Aeromilitaria 1979 p.103: https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1979.pdf
5. 97 Sqn RAF ORB for the period 1-6-1945 to 31-7-1950: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR27/2444/1: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8420937
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_the_Avro_Lincoln
7. http://www.bcar.org.uk/1945-1949-incident-logs.php#1946
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._97_Squadron_RAF#Postwar
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Coningsby#History

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
08-Jun-2023 19:01	Dr. John Smith	Added
08-Jun-2023 20:02	Nepa	Updated