Date:	Friday 13 July 1945
Time:	day
Type:	Avro Lancaster Mk III
Owner/operator:	97 (The Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF
Registration:	PB133
MSN:	OF-E
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:	RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire

Narrative:
Avro Lancaster B Mk. I PB133/OF-E, 97 (The Straits Settlements) Squadron, RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire. Written off Friday 13th July 1945 in a landing accident at RAF Coningsby

The aircraft returned early from a cross countrty NAVEX (navigation exercise) sortie to and from RAF Coningsby. On landing, the aircraft touched down too fast halfway down the 2,000-foot runway, after making a 3-engined approach, due to the failure of the starboard inner engine in flight during the sortie.

The Lancaster overran the runway at RAF Coningsby on landing, overran across two ditches, during which the undercarriage and port outer engine were ripped off. The Lancaster then caught fire and was destroyed (burnt out) in the ensuing blaze.

Despite all this, all seven crew on board - Flying Officer A R Taylor (pilot) - and the remaining crew were uninjured.

The crash of Lancaster PB133 was one of two crashes of 97 (The Straits Settlements) Squadron aircraft at RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire on the same day - Friday 13th July 1945: see also the crash of Lancaster PB422/OF-P (which resulted in 4 fatalities).

1. Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
2. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database.
3. The Lancaster File (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985).
4. https://www.bcar.org.uk/new1945-incident-logs#jul
5. 97 (The Straits Settlements) Squadron Operational Records Book (Record of Events for the period 1 June 1945 to 31 July 1950): National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 27/2444/1 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8420937
6. Aircraft Movement Card (Air Ministry Form AM.78): https://lancasterbombersinfo.ipage.com/Data/Form-78s/Lancaster/PB112-PB175/mobile/index.html
7. Aircraft Accident Record Card (Air Ministry Form AM.1180): https://lancasterbombersinfo.ipage.com/Data/Form-1180/Lancaster/1945/July/1.html
8. https://www.avro-lancaster.info/pbseries/pb133
9. http://www.156squadron.com/display_newpff_roll.asp?ID=97
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Coningsby#History
11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._97_Squadron_RAF#World_War_II

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
25-Aug-2013 10:54	JINX	Added
31-Aug-2013 21:25	JINX	Updated [Location, Destination airport, ]
06-Jan-2016 10:19	gerard57	Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, ]
01-Nov-2018 15:02	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Location, Operator, ]
28-Feb-2025 03:27	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Cn, Total occupants, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category, ]
02-Mar-2025 01:24	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Narrative, ]