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Wreckage of Avro Lancaster MK.1 PA411 of No 230 Operational Conversion Unit, crashed on Tintwistle Knarr in the Peak District of Derbyshire on the 21st Dec 1948.

The crew had taken off from RAF Lindholme near Doncaster during the night of the 20th December for a Night Familiarisation exercise, this was to have been largely local flying. At just after midnight on the 21st the aircraft was heard flying east over Tintwhistle in low cloud, followed by the sound of it crashing. The aircraft burst into flames and was more or less gutted by fire. One of the crewmen had survived the crash and was found alive by the first local residents to reach the crash site but he died shortly afterwards

Jo | The Wandering Wildflower

February 11, 2023

The plane crashed on 21 December 1948, killing all 7 crew on board. The plane was on a training mission when the accident happened. It is thought that a lot of the wreckage was brought down from the moors by an enterprising scrap dealer in a Robin Reliant!

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Location: Tintwistle, High Peak, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom

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