Wellington BK494 near East Moor airfield.
On 16th March 1944 this aircraft took off from Chipping Warden at 19.30hrs for a night-navigation exercise.
During the flight and whilst in the York area the aircraft suffered an engine failure which resulted in loss of
hydraulics. The engine was feathered and the aircraft was attempting a flapless landing at East Moor but it
overshot the end of the runway into fields south of Strensall Lane at Low Carr at 22.30hrs. One member of
crew was slightly injured. The aircraft was not repaired.
Pilot - F/Sgt H R Hodge RCAF.
Crew - Names unknown. One injured.
Wellington BK494 was built to Contract 124362/40 by Vickers Armstrong's Ltd at Chester and was awaiting
collection in December 1942. It was issued from MU storage to 12 OTU Chipping Warden in 1943 and sustained
Cat.E2/FA damage in the incident detailed above on 16th March 1944.