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Date: | Tuesday 18 September 1945 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Avro Lancaster B Mk III |
Owner/operator: | 1653 HCU RAF |
Registration: | HK703 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near RAF North Luffenham, Rutland -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF North Luffenham, Rutland |
Destination airport: | RAF North Luffenham, Rutland |
Narrative:Avro Lancaster B.Mk.III HK703, 1653 HCU (Heavy Conversion Unit), RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 18 September 1945 when lost height on three-engined approach, and belly landed in a field near RAF North Luffenham, Rutland. No fatalities or casualties reported among the crew of seven.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft HA100-HZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
2. The Lancaster File (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1988)
3. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.7. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
4.
http://www.sonsofdamien.co.uk/44%20squadron.htm 5.
https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235039054-lancaster-questions/ 6.
http://www.planetrace.co.uk/1940-1949_28.html Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
24-Oct-2019 20:15 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
01-Nov-2019 20:10 |
Anon. |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |