At 14.50hrs on 8th July 1942 this 405 Squadron aircraft taxied into an engine stand at Pocklington airfield and sustained slight damage.
Pilot - F/Sgt Clarence Wilfred Higgins RCAF (R/72591).
Halifax W7769 was built to contract B.73328/40 by Handley Page Ltd. at Radlett and was awaiting collection on 4th July 1942. The following day it was taken on charge by 405 Squadron at Pocklington as a replacement for Halifax W7714 lost on Ops to Bremen a few days earlier. It sustained Cat.A/FA damage on 8th July 1942 when it was taxied into an engine stand at Pocklington. A swift repair on site was carried out. As a result of the crash in Pocklington on 24th July 1942 Cat.E2/FB damage was the result of the assessment of the wreckage and it was struck off charge on 28th July 1942.
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