ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 64241
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| Date: | Friday 12 January 1951 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster B (PR) 1 |
| Owner/operator: | 82 (United Provinces) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | TW671 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Kano, Kano State -
 Nigeria
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Easleigh, Nairobi, Kenya |
| RAF Benson, Oxfordshire, UK | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 12.1.1951: overstressed in flight due to autopilot jamming. According to an eyewitness report:
"[TW671 was} on its way back to RAF Benson for a major refit. Alas, it seems, the elevator trim-wheel was awfully close to the shoulder of the supernumary crew member heading for a spot of observation from the front turret, and the pull-up from the inevitable full nose-down trim rather overstressed the old dear. TW671 was diverted to Kano for its final landing and metamorphosis into several hundred pairs of sandals and sets of cooking utensils. So now you know..."
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1985 p.53)
2. https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1993/1993
3. https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1993/1993
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 09-Feb-2011 03:05 | angels one five | Updated [Cn, Damage, Narrative] |
| 09-Jan-2014 18:25 | TB | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 26-Dec-2014 22:53 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Registration, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Dec-2014 02:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Nov-2018 06:50 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 17-Sep-2019 15:51 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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