Halifax at East Moor airfield.

At 18.27hrs on the 4th of March 1944 this aircraft was landing at East Moor when it skidded on ice, overshot end of runway causing the port undercarriage to collapse resulting in Cat. A damage to the port undercarriage, port engines and propellers. The aircraft also suffered minor damage to the mainplane and tailplane. Although their names are not recorded they are believed to have been unhurt.

The aircraft was built to Contract ACFT/1808/C4/C by E.E.C. Ltd at Salmesbury and delivered directly to 432 Sqdn at East Moor in February 1944. It suffered Cat. A/FA damage in the incident detailed aboove on 4th March 1944 and was repaired on site with repair being completed by 18th March 1944. It transferred to 158 Sqdn at Lissett in April 1944 and was used operationally with them until 24th October 1944 when with was written off with Cat. E2/FA damage after it overshot landing at Lissett after a training flight resulting another undercarriage collapse.

The aircraft completed 7 Ops. with 432 Sqdn between 24th February 1944 and 30th March 1944 but does not appear to have been allocated to any specific crew.

Crew - Unknown, ok.