Date:	Monday 4 October 1948
Time:	day
Type:	Avro Lancaster Mk I
Owner/operator:	49 Sqn RAF
Registration:	PA450
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Upwood, Huntingdonshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Upwood, Huntingdonshire
Destination airport:	RAF Upwood, Huntingdonshire

Narrative:
Avro Lancaster B.1 PA450, 49 Squadron, RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 4-10-48. The pilot failed to check the rate of descent on landing, and the aircraft struck the ground heavily at RAF Upwood, Huntingdonshire. The Lancaster 'ballooned', bounced twice more, before the undercarriage collapsed, and the aircraft slid to a halt on its belly.

Not repaired; Struck off charge as FACE (Flying Accident Cat. E) 21-12-48

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.435
3. Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
4. https://www.avro-lancaster.info/paseries/pa450
5. 49 Sqn RAF ORB for October 1948: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR27/2419/90: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8419853
6. https://www.49squadron.co.uk/losses/by_serial
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._49_Squadron_RAF#Second_World_War
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Upwood#Cold_War_era

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
18-Aug-2013 03:04	JINX	Added
19-Oct-2018 19:44	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator]
16-Jul-2023 21:49	Nepa	Updated [[Operator, Operator]]