ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159460
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| Date: | Thursday 10 May 1945 |
| Time: | afternoon |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 300 (Ziemi Mazowieckiej) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PB730 |
| MSN: | BH-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 31 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | RAF Wing, near Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.58 Brussels-Mesbroek, Belgium |
| RAF Wing, Buckinghamshire |
Swung on landing & undercarriage collapsed. Aircraft was engaged in 'Operation Exodus' - the repatriation to the UK of allied POWs. PB730 Took off from Brussels-Mesbroek at 13:48 hours with a complement of 24 ex-Prisoners of War as passengers, but veered off the runway on landing at RAF Wing, near Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, and was substantially damaged. No injuries reported.
Crew
Flt Sgt Grygiewicz PAF (Safe)
Sgt Margula PAF (Safe)
Sgt Miterski PAF (Safe)
Sgt Dzius PAF (Safe)
Sgt Roman PAF (Safe)
Sgt Jeronim PAF (Safe)
Sgt Sternowicz PAF (Safe)
PB730 was repaired, returned to service, only to be written off in a later crash taking off at RAF Faldingworth on 7-5-1946 (see link #3)
Sources:
1. Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
2. Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World war 1945 Page 175.
3. http://www.polishsquadronsremembered.com/300/300_pic_gal2.html
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Wing
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 August 1944 | ED327 | 300 (Ziemi Mazowieckiej) Sqn RAF | 7 | in Kattegatt, betwen Halland (Sweden) and Anholt Island (Denmark) |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Aug-2013 20:12 | JINX | Added |
| 19-Feb-2015 18:01 | Jixon | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 03-Jun-2016 21:01 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Feb-2018 17:24 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport] |
| 08-Oct-2018 21:53 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 08-Oct-2018 21:54 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Operator] |
| 05-Feb-2020 20:25 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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