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The two fatal casualties were: Junior Technician Robert TAYLOR and Leading Aircraftman Roy Edward SKELDON.

The basic cause of the stall, which happened when the flaps were lowered fully at 500 feet on finals, was that the passengers and moveable load were distributed in such a way that the aircraft's CofG went outside limits when the flaps were lowered for landing.

This sort of thing had happened with other bomber aircraft when used for carrying pax/freight, as there was only the most elementary 'trimming' carried out and certainly no formal weight and balance checks as with a proper transport aircraft of the day.

Hope this is of interest.

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