Date:	Tuesday 4 September 1945
Time:	day
Type:	Avro Lancaster Mk I
Owner/operator:	582 Squadron, RAF
Registration:	PB954
MSN:	6O-K
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Bari, Bari, Apulia -   Italy
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Bari, Bari, Apulia, Italy
Destination airport:	RAF Little Staughton, Huntingdonshire

Narrative:
Avro Lancaster B. Mk. I PB954/6O-K of 582 Squadron, RAF; Written off (damaged beyond repair) 4 September 1945 when swung off the runway on take-off and undercarriage collapsed at RAF Bari, Bari, Apulia, Italy.

Aircraft was operating on an "Operation EXODUS/Operation DODGE" exercise, repatriating former PoWs to the UK.

Brief history of Lancaster PB954
Built by A V Roe & Co Ltd, Woodford, Cheshire to Contract Acft/1807
07-02-1945: Delivered to the RAf at 32 MU RAF St. Athan, South Glamorgan
11-03-1945; Issued to 582 Squadron, RAF Little Staughton, Huntingdonshire as '6O-K'
20-04-1945: Cat.A(c) damaged in operational service. ROS (Repaired on Site) by 54 MU RAF Cambridge
26-04-1945: Repairs complete, returned to 582 Squadron, RAF Little Staughton, Huntingdonshire as '6O-K'
04-09-1945: Cat.E(FA) at RAF Bari, Bari, Apulia, Italy as per the above
25-10-1945: Struck off chaerge as Cat.E(FA)

1. Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
2. The Lancaster File (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985)
3. 582 Squadron RAF Operational Record Book (Record of Events for the period 1 May to 30 September 1945): National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 27/2052/27 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8415194
4. Aircraft Movement Card (Air Ministry Form AM.80):https://lancasterbombersinfo.ipage.com/Data/Form-78s/Lancaster/PB928-PB939/mobile/index.html
5. Aircraft Accident Record Card (Air Ministry Form AM.1180): https://lancasterbombersinfo.ipage.com/Data/Form-1180/Lancaster/1945/September/1.html
6. https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=PB954
7. https://www.avro-lancaster.info/pbseries/pb954
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._582_Squadron_RAF
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bari_Karol_Wojty%C5%82a_Airport#History

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
29-Aug-2013 08:19	JINX	Added
09-Nov-2018 17:41	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator, ]
28-Jan-2025 00:06	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category, ]