Date:	Tuesday 29 January 1946
Time:	day
Type:	Avro Lancaster Mk I
Owner/operator:	207 Sqn RAF
Registration:	PA304
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Methwold, near Feltwell, Norfolk, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Methwold, near Feltwell, Norfolk,
Destination airport:	RAF Methwold, near Feltwell, Norfolk,

Narrative:
Avro Lancaster B. Mk. I PA304, 207 Squadron, RAF: Initially served as "AR-K" of 460 (Australian) Squadron, RAAF. Then issued to 207 Squadron, RAF as "EM-G".

Written off 29-1-46. On a three-engine approach, the aircraft touched down heavily on the runway at RAF Methwold, Norfolk, and bounced on touchdown. The pilot opened the throttles in order to "cushion the impact" of the second bounce on the runway, but the aircraft started to swing off the runway at RAF Methwold. The pilot was unable to correct the swing, and the aircraft ran off the runway, into a ditch, and then struck a tree. All seven crew on board survived with only minor injuries.

RAF Methwold is a Royal Air Force station located 2.1 miles (3.4 km) north east of Feltwell, Norfolk and 10.9 miles (17.5 km) north west of Thetford, Norfolk, England.

1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.29 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.50
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. The Lancaster File (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985)
5. 207 Sqn RAF ORB for the period 1-6-1945 to 28-2-1950: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR27/2463: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2505101
6. "RAF Write-offs 1946": Air Britain Aeromilitaria 1979 p.94: https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1979.pdf
7. http://www.adf-serials.com.au/lancaster.htm
8. http://www.207squadron.rafinfo.org.uk/lancasters/207lancs_serial.htm
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._460_Squadron_RAAF#World_War_II
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._207_Squadron_RAF#Second_World_War
11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Methwold#History

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
18-Aug-2013 03:11	JINX	Added
01-Nov-2018 08:32	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator]
18-Oct-2019 16:05	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative]
05-Jun-2021 21:33	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
06-Jun-2021 16:34	Jixon	Updated [Operator, Location, Operator]