IT TOOK SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE BEING RESCUED BY BOAT, BUT IT WAS A MIRACULOUS ESCAPE FOR THE SURVIVORS, AS A CRASH INTO THE HEAVILY WOODED AREA AROUND THE LAKE WOULD HAVE BEEN FATAL FOR ALL. THE FLIGHT ENGINEER WAS TRAPPED IN THE BOMB AIMER POSITION AND ALTHOUGH SUBMERGED IN ICY WATER MANAGED TO SCRAMBLE UP INTO THE COCKPIT AND WAS HAULED THROUGH THE ESCAPE HATCH. ONE MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN RIDING IN THE NAVIGATOR COMPARTMENT IN THE NOSE SECTION DISAPPEARED AND DESPITE EFFORTS TO LOCATE HIM IN THE DARK AND UNDER WATER, THE BODY WAS NOT FOUND UNTIL THE NEXT DAY IN THE NOSE TURRET WHERE HE HAD BEEN HURLED ON IMPACT. IT WAS PITCH DARK, AND THE WATER WAS AT FREEZING TEMPERATURE WITH A SKIM OF ICE. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF TWO CREWMEN, ALL PASSENGERS AND CREW WERE ABLE TO SCRAMBLE THROUGH THE EMERGENCY HATCHES ONTO THE ROOF OF THE CANOPY. THE FORWARD SECTION CONTINUED ON COMING TO REST ABOUT 100 FEET FROM THE SHORE IN 25 FEET OF WATER WITH THE COCKPIT CANOPY ABOVE WATER. THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE WATER AND BROKE IN HALF AFT OF THE WINGS. THE PILOT, SEEING THE LAKE COMING UP, CUT THE POWER TO THE STARBOARD ENGINES WHICH ENABLED HIM TO LEVEL THE AIRCRAFT AND BRING THE NOSE UP. AT THIS POINT THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO THE LAKE. WHEN THE LOAD DID NOT RELEASE, THE FLIGHT ENGINEER LEFT HIS POSITION AND WENT INTO THE BOMB AIMER POSITION TO JETTISON THE CARGO ELECTRICALLY.
AT THE SAME TIME THE BOMB DOORS WERE OPENED AND AN ATTEMPT MADE TO JETTISON THE EXPLOSIVE CARGO. RECOGNIZING THE PROBLEM AS FUEL FAILURE, IMMEDIATE ACTION WAS TAKEN TO TRANSFER FUEL FROM THE STARBOARD WING TANK TO THE PORT ENGINES.
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WITH COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER ON THE PORT SIDE, DESPITE FULL EMERGENCY POWER ON THE TWO STARBOARD ENGINES, THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO LOSE ALTITUDE IN A PORT ENGINE DOWN SIDE SLIP. BANKING TO PORT TO LINE UP WITH THE RUNWAY AT THE FAR END OF THE LAKE, WITHOUT WARNING BOTH PORT ENGINES FAILED. OVER WATSON LAKE IN THE DARK AT 1045 HOURS, AND COMMENCING THE DOWN IN THE LANDING PATTERN. A MUCH LARGER AIRCRAFT THAN THE LANCASTER, IT CARRIED HEAVIER ARMAMENT AND A LARGER BOMB LOAD, WITH AN OVERALL WEIGHT OF 83,000 LBS., AND A FUEL LOAD OF 2,130 GALLONS.ĪSIDE FROM SOME ICING WHICH REQUIRED A CLIMB TO A HIGHER ALTITUDE, THE TRIP WAS UNEVENTFUL UNTIL DESCENDING TO 1,000 FT. THE LINCOLN MK II WAS ON STRENGTH AT WESTERN EXPERIMENTAL ESTABLISHMENT (W.E.E.) FOR WINTER TRIALS, AND WAS MANUFACTURED BY. CANNON SHELLS PACKED ON PLATFORMS SUSPENDED FROM THE BOMB RACKS FOR COLD WEATHER ARMAMENT TRIALS AT WATSON LAKE. IN THE BOMB BAY WAS A CARGO OF 3,000 LBS. ALSO ON THE AIRCRAFT WERE A W/C ENGINEERING OFFICER ON A FAMILIARIZATION TRIP AND SIX RADAR OPERATORS BEING POSTED TO WATSON LAKE. BESIDES THE CREW, THERE WERE TWO GROUND CREW ASSIGNED TO SERVICE THE AIRCRAFT FOR THE RETURN TRIP THE NEXT DAY.
THE PILOT, FLIGHT ENGINEER, NAVIGATOR, AND RADIO OPERATOR. STATION EDMONTON ON A ROUTINE TRIP TO WATSON LAKE, Y.T. ON NOVEMAT 1515 HOURS A LINCOLN AIRCRAFT SX 924 LIFTED OFF THE RUNWAY AT R.C.A.F. THIS TRANSCRIPT WAS PROVIDED BY RICHARD THOMAS THE FLIGHT ENGINEER. THE FOLLOWING TRANSCRIPT IS THE FINAL FLIGHT OF AIRCRAFT SX 924, A LINCOLN MK II.
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