Date & Time:
Mar 24, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Avro 679 Manchester
Operator:
Registration:
L7453
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Swinderby - Swinderby
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
0
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Almost immediately after takeoff, one of the engines caught fire. The crew decided to land promptly while the landing gear have just been retracted. The airplane belly landed and skidded for few hundred metres before coming to rest. All seven crew members escaped uninjured while the airplane was damaged beyond repair.
Crew:
S/L Rupert Gordon Westley Oakley, pilot,
Sgt George Stanley Cole, copilot +5.
Crew:
S/L Rupert Gordon Westley Oakley, pilot,
Sgt George Stanley Cole, copilot +5.
Probable cause:
Engine fire at takeoff.
