Date:	Sunday 24 August 1952
Time:
Type:	Avro 685 York C.1
Owner/operator:	Eagle Aviation Ltd.
Registration:	G-AGNZ
MSN:	1227
Year of manufacture:	1945
Engine model:	Rolls-Royce Merlin
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	near Potsdam -   Germany
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Cargo
Departure airport:	Berlin-R.A.F. Gatow Airport (GWW/EDBG)
Destination airport:	Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel Airport (HAM/EDDH)

Narrative:
During takeoff the no. 1 engine rpm fluctuated. The takeoff was continued, and the prop was feathered after clearing an obstruction. The crew decided to make a precautionary landing at RAF Gatow. A rapidly spreading engine fire however forced the crew to carry out an emergency landing in a field.

El Litoral 24 August 1952, p1
World Aircraft Accident Summary - CAP 479
Avro Lancaster to York / Air-Britain

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