Date:	Friday 11 May 1945
Time:	04:00
Type:	Avro Lancaster Mk I
Owner/operator:	619 Squadron, RAF
Registration:	PA277
MSN:	PG-Z
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Strubby, Lincolnshire -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Standing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Strubby, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Lancaster B. Mk. I PA277 (PG-Z) of 619 Squadron, RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) at 04:00 hours on 11-05-1945 when struck by Lancaster B. Mk. I PA276 whilst parked at dispersal RAF Strubby, Lincolnshire. PA277 was Not repaired, but PA276 was repaired.

According to some sources, PA277 had just returned from Melsbroek, Belgium, where it had just completed an 'Operation Exodus' mission. ('Operation Exodus' was the large scale repatriation to the UK of Allied POWs). No casualties reported, and it is possible that PA277 was empty/unoccupied at the time

Brief History of Lancaster PA277:
Built by Vickers Armstrongs at Hawarden, Chester to Contract Acft/2791
15-03-1945: Delivered to 44 Squadron, RAF
17-03-1945: Transferred to 207 Squadron RAF
21-03-1945: Transferred to 619 Squadron, RAF Strubby, Lincolnshire as 'PG-Z'
11-05-1945: Cat. B (FA) flying accident at RAF Strubby as per the above
25-05-1945: Re-Cat. E(FA) and struck off charge

1. Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
2. http://www.bcar.org.uk/1945-incident-logs#may
3. http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=PA277
3. Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses Volume 8
4. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
5. The Lancaster File (James J Halley, Air Britain 1985).
6. 619 Squadron RAF Operational Record Book (Record of Events for the period 1 May to 31 July 1945): National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 27/2313/47 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8417177
7. Aircraft Movement Card (Air Ministry Form AM.78): https://lancasterbombersinfo.ipage.com/Data/Form-78s/Lancaster/PA263-PA368/mobile/index.html
8. Aircraft Accident Record Card (Air Ministry Form AM.1180): https://lancasterbombersinfo.ipage.com/Data/Form-1180/Lancaster/1945/May/prt1/1.html
9. http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=PA277
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._619_Squadron_RAF#History
11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Strubby

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
18-Aug-2013 03:11	JINX	Added
09-Jan-2016 10:04	JIXN	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, ]
08-Oct-2018 22:06	Dr.John Smith	Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Damage, Narrative, ]
09-Oct-2018 18:21	Nepa	Updated [Time, Operator, Operator, ]
24-Feb-2025 02:46	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, Category, ]