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Date: | Monday 12 July 1954 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Avro Lancaster B Mk X |
Owner/operator: | 407 (Demon) Sqn RCAF |
Registration: | FM228 |
MSN: | 3429 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Cedar Rapids Municipal Airport, Cedar Rapids, Iowa -
United States of America
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RCAF Comax, BC (YQQ/CYQQ) |
Destination airport: | Cedar Rapids Municipal Airport, Iowa (CID/KCID) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Avro Lancaster B.Mk.X FM228: Taken On Strength 21.8.46 in the R.C.A.F.; converted to Mk.10MR; issued to #103(RU) Search & Rescue at Greenwood, Nova Scotia; Reissued to #407 (MR) Squadron at Comox, BC
On 12 July 1954 (Pilot) Flying Officer J.Brindle and crew flew on a long-range & VHF test flight; on attempting to land at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, undershot runway and substantially damaged, crew did the necessary repairs and flew back to Comox with-out incident
Presumably, the damage sustained was enough to warrant that the Lancaster was "Written off and damaged beyond economic repair", as it was Struck Off Charge on 12.8.54
Sources:
1. Ottawa Citizen 13 July 1954, p29:
https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/456957335/ 2.
https://www.bombercommandmuseum.ca/aircraft/canadian-built-avro-lancasters/ 3.
https://legionmagazine.com/en/2010/06/lancasters-hit-civvy-street-air-force-part-39/ 4.
http://www.rwrwalker.ca/RCAF_FM100_FM229.html Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
04-Feb-2018 20:55 |
TB |
Added |
18-Jun-2021 19:13 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
18-Jun-2021 19:15 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Narrative] |
18-Jun-2021 19:16 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Aircraft type] |
20-Jun-2021 08:42 |
Anon. |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
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