Date:	Thursday 10 January 1946
Time:	day
Type:	Avro Lancaster B Mk III
Owner/operator:	427 (Lion) Sqn RCAF
Registration:	RF257
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire
Destination airport:	RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Avro Lancaster B. Mk. III RF257, 427 Sqdn RCAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 10-1-1946 in a landing accident at RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire. The pilot landed the aircraft too fast, and too far down the runway at RAF Leeming. As the aircraft swung off the end of the runway, the pilot intentionally raised the undercarriage to facilitate an emergency stop. The aircraft was wrecked, but all seven crew were uninjured.

427 Squadron RCAF re-equipped with Avro Lancaster bombers in March 1945, prior to the end of World War II. After the end of the war (8-5-45) the Lancasters were used for prisoner of war repatriation until the end of 31-5-46. 427 Squadron RCAF was stood down on 1-6-46

1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.32
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. The Lancaster File (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985)
5. 427 Sqn RCAF ORB for the period 1-7-45 to 31-5-46: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR27/1847/11: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8404583
6. "RAF Write-offs 1946": Air Britain Aeromilitaria 1979 p.95: https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1979.pdf
7. https://www.avro-lancaster.info/rfseries/RF257
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/427_Special_Operations_Aviation_Squadron#History
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Leeming#1940s

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
27-Jul-2023 22:02	Dr. John Smith	Added
28-Jul-2023 08:19	Nepa	Updated