Halifax L9583 at Croft airfield.
At 12.00hrs on 16th April 1942 this 78 Conversion Flight aircraft suffered from the tail wheel assembly collapsing on landing at Croft airfield following a training flight.
Pilot - F/Sgt Mostyn Maurice Crowe RAFVR (1169120).
Pilot - Sgt Frank Kenneth Cater RAFVR (1179662).
Halifax L9583 was built to contract 692649/37 by Handley Page Ltd. at Radlett and was allotted to 45 MU at Kinloss on 11th July 1941 but was not received by them until on 29th September 1941. On 17th October 1941 it was taken on charge by 76 Squadron at Middleton St.George and was given the squadron code "MP-M". On 20th February 1942 it was transferred to 78 Conversion Flight at Croft. On 16th April 1942 it sustained minor Cat.Ac/FA damage when the tail wheel assembly collapsed on landing at Croft. It was quickly repaired on site at Croft and resumed being used training Halifax crews by 78 C.F. but the date it was returned to use is not known. As a result of a second mishap at Croft on 8th May 1942 the damage was assessed and it was deemed too badly damaged to be repaired. Cat.E/FA damage was the damage assessment and it was struck off on 15th May 1942.