Avro 683 Lancaster crash, May 8, 1956 (2 killed), Malmen...
Avro 683 Lancaster accident on May 8, 1956 near Malmen AFB Östergötland, Sweden with 2 fatalities. Cause: Sources differ on the cause. One account...
- Date: May 8, 1956
- Aircraft: Avro 683 Lancaster
- Location: Malmen AFB Östergötland, Sweden
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Sources differ on the cause. One account gives a collision between an inlet valve rocker and a valve rocker shaft, causing a backfire, while another describes an engine fire in the number one engine.
A Swedish Air Force Lancaster test aircraft, serial 80001, caught fire during a test flight from Malmen on 8 May 1956 and crashed near Slaka church southwest of Linköping. Two of the four people aboard bailed out and survived, and the two others were killed.