ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 26694
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| Date: | 12-MAR-1953 |
| Time: | 14:30 LT |
| Type: | Avro Lincoln B.2 |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force (RAF) |
| Registration: | RF531 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Boizenburg/Elbe -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leconfield, North Yorkshire |
| RAF Gatow, West Berlin | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
On 12 March 1953, a RAF Lincoln (RF531 "C") of Central Gunnery School was shot down 20 mi (32 km) NE of Lüneburg, Germany by a Soviet MiG-15 as it flew to Berlin on a training flight, resulting in the deaths of the seven crew members.
Officially as recorded in "Hansard" (the official record of debates in the UK Parliament) the aircraft had been attacked after staying off course "whilst on a routine training mission". However, that may have been a "cover story" for the aircrafts real mission of ELINT (Electronic Intelligence Gathering) over Soviet-occupied East Germany
Sources:
detailed Information here - http://www.spyflight.co.uk/linc.htm
https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/lords/1953/mar/17/shooting-down-of-british-bomber
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Lincoln
http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/humberside/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_8351000/8351301.stm
https://www.pprune.org/aviation-history-nostalgia/253760-raf-aircraft-shot-down-over-east-germany-1953-a.html
http://www.airwar.ru/enc/bww2/lincoln.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 19-Jul-2012 04:58 | Piwi | Updated [Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Apr-2013 19:42 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 30-Apr-2013 19:43 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 06-Jan-2014 18:42 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 02-Dec-2018 15:34 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 02-Jan-2019 19:56 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase] |
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