Lancaster ED328 at Holme on Spalding Moor airfield.
At 11.35hrs on 15th December 1942 this 101 Squadron aircraft was being taxied at Holme on Spalding Moor airfield when the tail wheel developed a fault. The pilot stopped the aircraft safely without any further damage. An examination of the fault found that a modification had not been done to the aircraft and a technical fault had resulted in the tail wheel mounting cracking. This was a common fault with Lancasters at Holme on Spalding Moor during the later months of 1942.
Pilot - Sgt Marcel Alec Fussell RAFVR (1316055)
Just hours later on 17th December 1942 this pilot and his crew were returning from an operational flight in Lancaster W4319 when the aircraft came in over land near Redcar. Ground defences opened up on the Lancaster and it was shot down. Sadly all on board were killed.
Lancaster ED328 was delivered as new to 101 Squadron on 18th November 1942. It sustained cat.Ac/FA damage as a result of the mishap on 15th December 1942 that saw it repaired on site and returned to 101 Squadron on 22nd December 1942. It was lost on 24th August 1943 when it failed to return from Ops to Berlin with the loss of it's then crew. The aircraft was struck off charge on 31st September 1943.