Date:	Tuesday 24 March 1942
Time:	14:45
Type:	Avro Lancaster Mk I
Owner/operator:	97 (The Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF
Registration:	L7531
MSN:	OF-
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Airborne 14:45 24Mar42 but crashed almost immediately when part of the port wing leading edge lifted, causing aircraft to career out of control & finish up, wrecked, near the Station Bomb Dump. Miraculously the crew escaped injury, despite smashing into a crane before coming to a stop.
Crew:
Pilot: Sqn Ldr Thomas (Tommy) Henry Boylan DSO DFC RAF/36131 ok.

*L7531 - 44Sq 6Jan42; Crashed on take-off, Coningsby 23Apr42

Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999
*Avro Lancaster The definitive Record (2nd Edition) - Harry Holmes
http://www.bcar.org.uk/new1942-incident-logs
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
21-Jun-2008 16:06	JINX	Added
20-Mar-2010 10:25	snowy	Updated [Total occupants, Source, Narrative, ]
07-Jun-2013 13:42	Nepa	Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative, ]
18-Aug-2013 19:36	JINX	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, ]
31-Aug-2013 21:23	JINX	Updated [Location, Narrative, ]
18-Nov-2017 15:13	Red Dragon	Updated [Cn, Destination airport, Source, ]
18-Nov-2017 15:14	Red Dragon	Updated [Operator, ]
18-Nov-2017 19:05	Anon.	Updated [Cn, Operator, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ]
01-Nov-2018 15:16	Nepa	Updated [Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator, ]
01-Nov-2018 15:17	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator, ]
22-Dec-2019 09:42	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator, ]
10-Mar-2022 20:51	TigerTimon	Updated [Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Damage, ]