Halifax W1116 at Leeming airfield.
At 18.20hrs on 16th June 1942 this 10 Squadron aircraft made a normal landing at Leeming airfield and after landing the tail wheel assembly broke. This was a common problem with early Halifaxes. The aircraft received a Cat.Ac/FA damage assessment.
Pilot - Sgt William Joseph Walter Wiseman RAFVR (1375338).
Sgt William Wiseman was killed on 25th June 1942 when Halifax W1155 crashed at Leeming Bar, Yorkshire. He was twenty six years old and is buried in Ripon Cemetery.
Halifax W1116 was built to contract B.982938/39 by English Electric Co.Ltd. at Samlesbury and was awaiting collection on 22nd May 1942. It was received by 45 MU on 26th May 1942 and was taken on charge by 10 Squadron at Leeming on 7th June 1942. On 16th June 1942 it received damage in a flying accident at Leeming that saw Cat.Ac/FA damage be the damage assessment. A repair on site was carried out and it was returned to 10 Squadron on 2nd July 1942. There is no mention of the aircraft or any damage in the 10 Squadron orb until it was first used operationally by them on 26th July 1942. 10 Squadron then moved to Melbourne on 19th August 1942. As a result of the damage sustained on 11th September 1942 minor Cat.A/FB damaged was the result of the assessment and it was repaired on site. It was then lost with 10 Squadron on 3rd October 1942 when it failed to return from an operational flight. Cat.E/(m) damage was recorded and it was struck off charge on 4th October 1942.