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| Date: | Wednesday 8 April 1942 |
| Time: | 01:14 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 207 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R5498 |
| MSN: | EM-Z |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North-South boundary of RAF Bottesford, Lincolnshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bottesford |
| RAF Bottesford |
The crew were engaged in ‘circuits and bumps’.
The starboard engines cut out due to lack of fuel. The aircraft crashed and burned on the road bordering the North-South boundary of the airfield. All the crew escaped serious injury:
Flt Sgt J J N McCarthy RNZAF Injured
Sgt J D La Salle RCAF Injured
Sgt J M Leahy Injured
Sgt D L Worthington Injured
Sgt J K Banfield Injured
Sources:
Bomber Command Losses 1942
http://www.bcar.org.uk/new1942-incident-logs
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Nov-2017 15:51 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 01-Nov-2018 09:02 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Nature, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 02-Apr-2022 18:17 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
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