Halifax at Wombleton airfield.

On the 26th of April 1944 this aircraft was being taxied around the perimeter track when, at 19.15hrs, the starboard main wheel left the taxiway. The hub dug into the soft ground causing the aircraft to ground loop to starboard. The tyre then burst and the undercarriage leg then collapsed damaging the staboard side of the main plane and to the underside of the fuselage. The crew escaped injury. The aircraft was an old one and was deemed not worth repairable and was used for spares.

The aircraft was built to Contract B73328/40 by Handley Page Ltd at Radlett and delivered to 35 Sqdn at Graveley in August 1942. It served with them until being transferred to 1666 HCU at Dalton on an as yet unspecified date in 1943. It then moved with the unit to Wombleton on 21st of October 1943. In the incident detailed above the damage was recorded as Cat. E2/FA.

F/O J A Weir RCAF, ok.