Avro 694 Lincoln

Argentinian Air Force - Fuerza Aérea Argentina

The crew was completing a flight from Santiago del Estero to Salta-El Aybal Airport. After touchdown, the airplane went out of control, veered off runway and came to rest. There were no injuries among the four crew members but the aircraft was considered as damaged beyond repair. It is reported that sudden gust of crosswinds affected flight control after touchdown.

Argentinian Air Force - Fuerza Aérea Argentina

During the takeoff roll, the four engine airplane suffered an explosion for unknown reason. Out of control, the airplane veered off runway and came to rest in flames. All occupants were able to evacuate while the aircraft was destroyed by fire.

Argentinian Air Force - Fuerza Aérea Argentina

During the takeoff roll, the airplane went out of control, veered off runway and came to rest. There were no injuries among the crew but the aircraft was damaged at 90% and written off. The crew was engaged in a local training flight.

Argentinian Air Force - Fuerza Aérea Argentina

Crashed in unknown circumstances at Salta. No injuries.

Argentinian Air Force - Fuerza Aérea Argentina

The crew departed Villa Reynolds Airbase in the evening for a night training mission. While flying about 40 km northeast of the airfield, the airplane went out of control and crashed in a field. All five crew members were killed.

Royal Air Force - RAF

The crew was completing a local training mission at Belfast-Aldergrove Airport. After several circuits, the crew started a new approach with an engine voluntarily inoperative. On final, height was lost and the airplane clip trees and crashed in a field located five miles short of runway. All four crew members were injured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair. This was the last accident involving a RAF Avro Lincoln as this aircraft would be definitively retired from service after this accident.

Argentinian Air Force - Fuerza Aérea Argentina

Crashed on takeoff. Crew fate remains unknown.

Royal Air Force - RAF

The crew was engaged in a local training mission at RAF Manby. On touchdown, an undercarriage collapsed and the four engine aircraft slid for several yards before coming to rest. All three crew members were uninjured while the aircraft was written off.

Royal Air Force - RAF

After touchdown at RAF Hemswell, a sudden gust of wind ballooned the aircraft back into the air. It landed heavily tail down and swung off the runway. All six crew members were unhurt while the aircraft was considered as damaged beyond repair.

Royal Air Force - RAF

The aircraft bounced and landing and was unable to stop within the remaining distance. It overran and came to rest in a drainage ditch. All five crew members escaped uninjured while the aircraft was considered as damaged beyond repair.

Royal Air Force - RAF

The crew was completing a local training sortie at RAF Thorney Island. On final approach, the four engine aircraft was too low and struck a sea wall, causing the right main gear to be sheared off. The airplane crash landed on its belly and came to rest. All seven crew members were unhurt while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Argentinian Air Force - Fuerza Aérea Argentina

Shortly after takeoff from Villa Reynolds by night, while climbing, the airplane stalled and crashed in flames. Two crew members were rescued while four others were killed.

Argentinian Air Force - Fuerza Aérea Argentina

Few minutes after its takeoff from Córdoba Airport, while cruising by night and in poor weather conditions (thunderstorm activity), the airplane went out of control and crashed on the side of a mountain. All 11 crew members were killed.

Royal Air Force - RAF

Just after liftoff, the airplane hit a truck with its undercarriage. The crew completed a holding circuit vertical to the airfield for several hours to burn fuel and eventually returned to RAF Upwood for an emergency landing. The aircraft belly landed in a grassy area parallel to runway 06, slid for dozen yards and came to rest. All six crew members were unhurt while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Royal Australian Air Force - RAAF

10 Squadron RAAF had received a telephone call late on Good Friday night from the Townsville hospital seeking an emergency evacuation to Brisbane of a critically jaundiced 2 day old baby, Robyn Huxley. As most of the Squadron's air crew were on leave or stand-down over Easter, the Commanding Officer of 10 Squadron, Wing Commander John Costello decided to pilot the Squadron's only serviceable aircraft, A73-64, for the evacuation flight. The crew consisted of the new Commanding Officer Wing Commander Costello who had flown Sunderlands during the war against the German U Boats in the Atlantic, the Senior Navigation Officer, Squadron Leader Finlay, who was a wartime Pathfinder navigator, the squadron Chief Signaler, Flight Lieutenant Cater, and the squadron Senior Engineering Officer, Squadron Leader Mason. The baby girl and nurse Mafalda Gray were positioned in the long-nosed section of the Lincoln bomber. The aircraft took off from Garbutt airfield at 00.30 am on Saturday 9 April 1955. The aircraft encountered some cloud and rain as it approached southern Queensland. The aircraft had to fly at a relatively low altitude to ensure the baby had a comfortable flight. At 4.05 am the aircraft contacted Brisbane Air Traffic Control to advise that they were flying in cloud at 6,000 feet. They advised that they would arrive in Brisbane in about 10 minutes time and sought a clearance to reduce altitude to 5,000 feet. Brisbane Air Traffic Control advised that they were cleared to drop to 5,000 feet and if they wished they could drop to 4,000 feet for the approach to Eagle Farm airfield. A short time later Brisbane Air Traffic Control contacted them with weather information and asked them to confirm when they had obtained a visual fix on the town of Caboolture. No further reports were heard from the Lincoln bomber. There were no low clouds in the Brisbane area at that time. Some time later, reports came in that an aircraft, later confirmed as a Lincoln, was heard to circle over the town of Bell at about 3.30 am. Bell is located about 18 miles north east of Dalby. Clearly A73-64 was well off course. The weather south of Bell was overcast with scattered rain. At 4.14 am some members of the Brisbane Bushwalking Club heard a large aircraft fly overhead followed by the noise of an impact and some large explosions. By their estimation it had slammed into a nearby mountain in the Main Range region of the Border Ranges near Emu Vale. This was later confirmed to be Mount Superbus, the highest mountain (1,375 meters) in southern Queensland. A small group from the Bushwalking club was dispatched immediately to Emu Vale to notify the relevant authorities. Five hours later a Canberra bomber from Amberley airbase was able to confirm the location of the still burning wreckage of Lincoln, A73-64 just below the summit of Mount Superbus. Ground rescue crews were dispatched to the site. They quickly confirmed that there were no survivors. Crew (10th Squadron): W/Cdr John Peter Costello, pilot, S/Ldr Charles Surtees Mason, copilot, S/Ldr John Watson Finlay, navigator, F/Lt William George Stanley Cater, signaler. Passengers: Baby Robyn Huxley, Sister Mafalda Gray. Source: http://www.ozatwar.com/ozcrashes/superbus.htm

Royal Air Force - RAF

On 19th February 1955, during what the then colonial government referred to as the "Emergency" enacted to combat the Mau Mau uprising, an RAF Lincoln bomber belonging to No. 49 Squadron based at Eastleigh aerodrome, crashed near the town of Githunguri some fifteen kilometers (eight miles) north-north-west of Kiambu. The bomber, serial number SX984, carrying six aircrew, was returning from a bombing and strafing mission over the Kipipiri Forest when the pilot, Flying Officer Alan Hunt, decided to carry out unauthorized low passes over the Police Officers' Mess where he knew a number of his RAF colleagues were spending the afternoon. The Mess was and is situated near the top of a hill overlooking the town with the police station itself lying half way down towards the main Uplands - Ruiru road. On the third pass, Hunt misjudged the height needed to clear the top of the hill with the result that parts of the starboard wing, tail plane and lower rudder were torn off after hitting three rondavel huts and a mess chimney, whereupon the aircraft went out of control, climbed steeply for about one hundred meters, then stalled before going into a near vertical dive and crashing half a kilometer south of the police station. Hunt and four other crew members died instantly in the resulting inferno, but the tail-gunner, Sergeant Stanley Bartlett was thrown clear and taken to Kiambu hospital and then to the Military hospital in Nairobi where he died five hours later as a result of burns and other serious injuries. Four civilians on the ground, one of them a child, also died. The six crew were buried with full military honors in City Park Cemetery. Crew (49th Squadron): F/O Hunt, pilot, Sgt North, flight engineer, Sgt Hollands, signaler, Sgt Bartlett, air gunner, F/O King, navigator, F/O Parry, navigator. Source: Richard Bartlett-May, son of Sgt Stanley Bartlett.

Argentinian Air Force - Fuerza Aérea Argentina

The crew was engaged in a bombing training mission when a bomb exploded too early after being released. The airplane crashed near the Salinas de Bebedero lake, about 40 km southwest of San Luis, and all ten occupants have been killed.

Royal Air Force - RAF

Following an uneventful night training flight, the crew was returning to his base at Nairobi-Eastleigh Airport when the airplane crashed on Mt Kinangop (3,906 meters high) located 75 km north of Nairobi. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and all five crew members were killed. At the time of the accident, the crew was flying under IFR rules but below the minimum safe altitude for unknown reason. Crew (61st Squadron): F/Lt Michael Weight, pilot, M/Eng William Joseph Beesley, flight engineer, F/O Michael William Humphrey Owen, navigator, F/O Robert Joseph Robinson, navigator, Sgt James Keith Atkinson, air gunner.

Royal Air Force - RAF

En route, the four engine bomber was shot down by the pilot of a Soviet AF MiG-15 and crashed in Boizenburg, killing all seven crew members. It is understood tha the aircraft had been attacked after staying off course 'whilst on a routine training mission' from RAF Leconfield to the Airport of Berlin-Gatow. However, that may have been a "cover story" for the aircrafts real mission of ELINT (Electronic Intelligence Gathering) over Soviet-occupied East Germany.

Royal Air Force - RAF

Shortly after takeoff from RAF Upwood, while in initial climb, the engine number three caught fire. The captain retarded the throttle and ordered the flight engineer to shut down the engine. For unknown reason, the flight engineer mistakenly shot down the engine number two instead of the number three. With insufficient power, the aircraft stalled and crashed in an open field located few hundred yards past the runway end. While all five crew members were slightly injured, the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Royal Air Force - RAF

The crew was completing a local training sortie on behalf of the 230th OCU. After touchdown, the airplane went out of control, veered off runway and came to rest. There were no casualties but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Royal Air Force - RAF

During the final approach completed by night with the flaps fully deployed, the engine number three failed. The airplane stalled and crashed in a huge explosion short of runway 06 threshold. Five crew members were killed while the sixth occupant was seriously injured. Crew: F/Sgt B. Wejman, † F/Sgt R. E. Griffith, † Sgt W. Pickering, † Sgt F. R. Edwards, † F/O M. L. Chatterjee, † Sgt J. F. Groom.

Royal Air Force - RAF

Following an uneventful aerial photography and surveillance mission, the crew was returning to his base in Benson, south Oxfordshire. On final approach by night, the pilot-in-command completed two successive turns to the left and then to the right when the aircraft hit the ground and crashed in a field located about 4 miles east of the airfield. The airplane was damaged beyond repair and all six crew members were unhurt.

Royal Air Force - RAF

During a local training sortie, while flying in the approach circuit, the engine number two was shot down following a loss of oil pressure. On final approach, the crew encountered cross winds and on landing, the airplane bounced three times and the pilot-in-command eventually decided to make a go around. The rotation was performed about 250 meters from the runway end. During initial climb, the aircraft hit a hangar with one of its wing and crashed in flames. Two crew members were killed while three others were seriously injured.

Royal Air Force - RAF

The aircraft was returning to RAF Leconfield, carrying four crew members and 11 passengers who were returning to their base after playing a rugby game at RAF Jurby, Isle of Man. On final approach, at an altitude of 500 feet, the pilot-in-command deployed the flaps when the airplane stalled. He increased engine power but the airplane banked left, causing the left wingtip to hit the ground. Out of control, the aircraft crashed in a field short of runway. Two passengers, two young rugby players, were killed while 13 other occupants were injured at different degrees. The aircraft was destroyed. Crew: Charles D. Lee, pilot, F/Sgt Donald Munrow, F/O Keith F Hopkins, F/Sgt John L. S. Robinson. Passengers: S/Ldr Leslie Gordon Weldon Lilly, LAC E. R. Hayes, LAC R. C. Marshall, AC1 E. A. Watkins, AC1 R. W. Reaney, AC J. Sowden, LAC R. Smith, LAC E. Rawson, AC B. Mortimer Tech Robert Taylor, † LAC Roy Edward Skeldon. †

Royal Air Force - RAF

The crew was returning to RAF Scampton after a six hours training flight on behalf of the 230th OCU (Operational Conversion Unit). On final approach in poor weather conditions, the pilot in command realized that his position was not correct and decided to make a go around. He increased engine power, retracted the landing gear and deployed the flaps when the aircraft stalled and crashed in a huge explosion few hundred yards from the runway threshold. The aircraft was destroyed and all seven crew members were killed.

Royal Air Force - RAF

The crew was completing a local training sortie at RAF Binbrook. After completing several approaches with one engine inoperative, the crew started a new approach when, on final, control was lost. The airplane stalled and hit the ground about 150 yards short of runway threshold. It slid for several yards and eventually collided with two other RAF Avro Lincoln parked on the tarmac. The aircraft was destroyed by a post crash fire and the captain was killed while all five other occupants were injured. It is believed that the loss of control was caused by an insufficient approach speed.

Royal Air Force - RAF

The crew was performing a local training mission from RAF Farnborough, consisting of asymmetric landing exercices. In flight, the crew lost control of the aircraft that crashed in a field in Winchester, about 27 miles southwest of RAF Farnborough. Both crew members were killed. Crew: F/Lt R. F. Smail, pilot, W. N. Plews, flight engineer.

Royal Air Force - RAF

The crew was engaged in a local training sortie from Fayid AFB and was carrying a crew of ten that should simulate a combined attack with a RAF Vampire. Registered VZ188, the Vampire was carrying one pilot. In flight, while cruising at low height, both aircraft collided, dove into the ground and crashed 11 miles northeast of the Fayid airbase. All 11 occupants on both aircraft were killed. It was reported that most of the crew members were cadets on vacation in the region.

Argentinian Air Force - Fuerza Aérea Argentina

While descending to Ushuaia on a flight from Río Gallegos, the crew informed ground about his position vertical to Lake Fagnano. Few minutes later, while cruising at an altitude of 600 meters, the airplane hit the slope of the Mt Roncagly Ewn located near the Almirantazgo fjord, on the south part of Chile. SAR operations were conducted but eventually suspended few days later as no trace of the aircraft nor the crew was found. The wreckage was discovered by walkers 33 years later, in 1983, in an isolated area located west of Ushuaia. Crew: Cpt Bautista Faustino Mendioroz, 1st Lt Raúl Juan Zarzuela, Lt Emilio Barrios, Lt Marcos Carlos Modolo, Lt José Enrique Marcuzzi, Lt José Antonio Bianchi, Sgt Adrián Enrique Heynen, Sgt Adelmo Carmen Amoroso, Sgt Hector Oscar Ibañez, Maj Federico Nicolás Pacheco, Maj Humberto Francisco Losardo.

Royal Air Force - RAF

The crew left RAF Scampton in the evening of March 14 on a liaison flight to RAF Valley in Anglesey. While approaching Anglesey from the east by night and in poor weather conditions, the aircraft hit the slope of the Mt Carnedd Llywelyn (1,064 meters high) located in the Carneddau Mountain Range, about 23,5 miles southeast of RAF Valley. The wreckage was found in the early morning and all six crew members were killed. Crew (230th OCU): S/L John T. Shore, pilot, F/Lt Cyril A. Lindsey, navigator, Eng Ronald A. Forsdyke, Flight Engineer, Sig Harold Henry Charman, radio operator, Gnr Godfrey L. Cundy, air gunner, Gnr Robert H. Wood, air Gunner.

Royal Air Force - RAF

The crew was engaged in a night training sortie in RAF Hemswell, Lincolnshire. On final approach, the pilot reported that the Blind Approach Beam System (BABS) was out of service. Despite a poor visibility, he continued the approach and overshot the runway went control was lost. The aircraft overturned and crashed in flames in a field. Five crew members were killed while the sixth occupant was seriously injured. Crew (100th Squadron): M. A. C. Brown, pilot, † W. P. Edgar, flight engineer, † T. W. Brayshaw, navigator, † B.T. Newland, navigator, A. W. Rolfe, signaller, † G. Sherratt, air gunner. †

Royal Air Force - RAF

The crew was completing a night training sortie on behalf of the 101st Squadron. En route, an engine caught fire. All six crew members decided to abandon the aircraft and bailed out. Out of control, the aircraft dove into the ground and crashed in a field located near Driffield. While all six crew members were uninjured, the aircraft was destroyed.

Royal Australian Air Force - RAAF

Shortly after takeoff from Amberley AFB, while climbing, the aircraft went out of control, dove into the ground and crashed in a field located 8 miles south of Rosewood. All four crew members were killed. Apparently, the loss of control occurred when a parachute release box apparently jammed the control column.

Royal Air Force - RAF

The crew (35th Squadron) was performing a local training sortie in RAF Mildenhall. While approaching by night, the four engine aircraft was too low and crashed in a field located 5 miles from runway 11 threshold. All four crew members were injured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Royal Air Force - RAF

The crew was engaged in a training mission called 'Operation Bulldog' consisting of an aerial attack of a target located outside the city of Staythorpe. While approaching the target on the north of the city at low height, the aircraft collided with a second RAF Avro 694 Lincoln B.2 registered RF407 and carrying also a crew of seven. Both aircraft dove into the ground and crashed in a field, killing all 14 crew members. Crew (57th Squadron): F/Lt John Shorthouse, pilot, Henry Richardson, pilot, Charles Denis Kirby, flight engineer, Albert Henry James Mitchell, navigator, Philip Edward Pattullo, gunner, John Edwin Conway Simpson, signaler, Edwards Charles Talbot, gunner.

Royal Air Force - RAF

The crew was engaged in a training mission called 'Operation Bulldog' consisting of an aerial attack of a target located outside the city of Staythorpe. While approaching the target on the north of the city at low height, the aircraft collided with a second RAF Avro 694 Lincoln B.2 registered RE374 and carrying also a crew of seven. Both aircraft dove into the ground and crashed in a field, killing all 14 crew members. Crew (61st Squadron): Stanley Wilson +6.

Royal Air Force - RAF

Shortly after takeoff from RAF Waddington, while in initial climb, the four engine aircraft went out of control, dove into the ground and crashed in a field located 4 miles northwest of the airbase. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and all seven crew members of the 61st Squadron were killed.

Royal Canadian Air Force - RCAF

While flying in the vicinity of Watson Lake, on a training mission from Namao Airbase in Edmonton, the crew encountered technical problems with the engines. The captain decided to make an emergency landing and eventually ditched the aircraft into the Watson Lake, near the airport of Watson Lake. A crew member was killed while four others were rescued. The aircraft sank and was lost. It was reported that the aircraft experienced fuel flow problems.

Royal Air Force - RAF

The crew was performing a test flight from RAF Boscombe Down to RAF Defford on behalf of the A & AEE. Shortly after takeoff, while climbing to a height of 3,500 feet with the propeller of the engine number one feathered and the number two running at low speed, the aircraft stalled, went into a dive and crashed in a field located in Wylye, about 10 miles west of RAF Boscombe Down. All four crew members were killed. Crew: S/L A. Toot, F/Lt A. G. Bradfield, F/O G. W. Williams, P. W. Howes.

Royal Air Force - RAF

Prior to departure, the crew was briefed about the poor weather conditions in south of France and that he should avoid this area. While cruising southeast of Avignon, the aircraft went through a low pressure zone with cumulonimbus. It encountered severe turbulences, lost two engines and its tail, went into a dive and crashed in a field in Verquières. All 11 occupants were killed. It appears that few elements of the aircraft broke off due to severe turbulences that exceeded their certification.

Royal Australian Air Force - RAAF

The aircraft departed Laverton at 1415LT for Amberley. Aeradio position reports were received normally through out the flight, until 1734LT, when clearance was obtained to descend from 8000 feet preparatory to the landing at Amberley. A short time later Amberley Flight Control cleared the aircraft for a straight-in approach RWY 05 at an angle of 45 degrees, turn right to align itself with the runway and commence to lose height on the approach - which appeared to be lower and faster that usual. The aircraft touched down in a tail high attitude, approximately 300 feet after crossing the threshold. After travelling a short distance, the aircraft then left the ground, rising to about five feet. From eyewitness reports, attempts were then made by the crew to force the aircraft onto the runway but this only resulted in three more bounces. When about 600 feet from the upwind end of the runway, engine power was applied to make a go around. It is estimated by ground observers that, by this stage, the airspeed of the Lincoln had decreased to approximately 80-85 knots. The Lincoln was then seen to climb slightly, level out at 100 feet, after which the nose of the aircraft rose sharply to place the aircraft in a climbing attitude of 40 degrees. After a further few seconds, the attitude changed abruptly to a climb of 80 degrees. With all engines roaring presumably under full power, the aircraft attained an altitude of approximately 500 feet AGL when, with no forward speed, the port wing slowly dropped and the aircraft steadily accelerated until the port main plane struck the ground in a vertical position. By this time the fuselage was parallel with the ground. The aircraft caught fire immediately and, although the fire tender arrived shortly after the crash, the fire could not be sufficiently controlled to extricate the crew or passengers. The crash site was 400 yards from the end of RWY 05 and displaced approximately 100 yards left of the runway. Source: http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/

Royal Air Force - RAF

The crew was completing a night training sortie from RAF Hemswell, Lincolnshire. While cruising northwest of Great Yarmouth, the crew encountered very poor weather conditions with thunderstorm activity and heavy turbulence. The aircraft went out of control, dove into the ground and crashed in a field located in Mautby. All nine crew members were killed. Crew (97th Squadron): F/Lt Stanley Frederick Whitlock, pilot, F/Lt Jack Anthony Guest, pilot, F/Lt John George Cook, navigator, F/Lt Ronald Vernon Havard, navigator and bomb aimer, Albert Wattleworth, signaler, Vincent Orville Woods, air gunner, William Allison, flight engineer, Roy Andrew Trundle, air gunner, LAC Denis Frederick Cummings.