<p>LR565 was operated by No13 Operational Training Unit (OTU) based at RAF Middleton St George. It crashed at Thornley, Co.Durham on 11th May 1946. The aeroplane was being flown on instruments at low level when it reportedly spun in after a loss of control by the pupil pilot.
Both crew members, W/O E.C.Goodman and F/Lt A.G.Williams, were killed.
The recovered engine is on display in the Bamburgh Castle Aviation Artefacts Museum,
Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland, UK.
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12th September 2017
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/65001151@N03">Alan Wilson</a> from Stilton, Peterborough, Cambs, UK
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