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| Date: | Tuesday 24 February 1942 |
| Time: | 23:07 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 97 (The Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R5486 |
| MSN: | OF-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Finningley, South Yorkshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Woodhall Spa. Lincolnshire |
| RAF Finningley, South Yorkshire |
Lancaster I R5486 "OF–P" of 97 Sqn., RAF. Took off at 19:35 from Woodhall Spa for a night cross country exercise and bomb load test. Encountered poor visibility and crashed at 23:07 while trying to land at its diversion airfield at Finningley. The aircraft crashed while making a landing there and sustained enough damage to deem it to be written off. The undercarriage is believed to have collapsed and the aircraft then caught fire.
No serious injuries reported. One crew member - F/Sgt G.H.Hartley - slightly injured. This accident was the first Lancaster mishap in Yorkshire.
Sources:
1. http://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/yorkshire/york42/r5486.html
2. http://www.sonsofdamien.co.uk/Man-Lanc%20serials%20page2.htm
3. http://www.planetrace.co.uk/1940-1949_28.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Aug-2013 06:13 | JINX | Added |
| 29-Dec-2014 20:06 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Time, Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Jan-2015 19:25 | Dr. John Smih | Updated [Total fatalities, Narrative] |
| 06-Jun-2015 09:43 | Charlie Harper | Updated [Time, Operator] |
| 07-Nov-2017 16:52 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn] |
| 07-Nov-2017 16:53 | Red Dragon | Updated [Operator] |
| 01-Nov-2018 15:15 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
| 22-Dec-2019 09:40 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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