The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight’s Lancaster PA474.

Lancaster I R5852 of 83 Sqn was lost when it overshot at RAF Condover, Shrewsbury on September 9, 1942.

A Rolls-Royce Merlin engine, torn from its mounting, with a wing and smashed fuselage sections close behind.

The broken rear fuselage of Lancaster LS-A amongst the pear trees. Just visible to the left of the intact entrance door may be seen 39 sortie marks.

One of W4355’s wheels rests in front of a Swiss guard on the morning following the crash. Note the proximity of the Remund farmhouse.

Light snow dusts the fields near Golaten where unmanned Lancaster W4355 returned to the earth.