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Date: | Thursday 12 January 1950 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Avro Lancaster B Mk III GR |
Owner/operator: | 210 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | SW373 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF St. Eval, Cornwall, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF St. Eval, Cornwall |
Destination airport: | RAF St. Eval, Cornwall |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Avro Lancaster B Mk III GR SW373: Delivered ex-RAF Langar 12/10/1949 to 210 Squadron, RAF St. Eval, Cornwall. Written off (damaged beyond repair) 12/1/1950 when swung off the runway on landing at RAF St. Eval, Cornwall, and undercarriage raised to facilitate an emergency stop. No reported injuries to the crew of five, but Lancaster SW373 was not repaired.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.89 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999, James J Halley (Air Britain 1985 page 17)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.29
4. 210 Squadron RAF ORB (Operations Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period January 1-31, 1950: File AIR 27/2468/54 at
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8421967 5.
https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-avro-683-lancaster-gr3-raf-saint-eval-0 6.
http://www.planetrace.co.uk/1950-1959_26.html 7.
https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/20144 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
10-Mar-2013 16:56 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
08-Apr-2013 18:58 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator] |
10-Oct-2018 02:01 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Time, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
18-Aug-2020 17:29 |
MIG21 |
Updated [Location, Operator] |
25-Sep-2020 21:15 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |