On or around 3rd October 1942 this 78 Squadron aircraft's AM Form 78 states that it received a Cat.Ac/FB damage assessment. Nothing is known about how the damage was sustained. The aircraft was used on 1st October 1942 on Ops to Flensburg that may have been responsible but no damage is mentioned in the squadron records.
Crew - Names unknown.
Halifax W7784 was built to contract B.73328/40 by Handley Page Ltd. at Radlett. On 4th August 1942 it was taken on charge as new by 78 Squadron at Middleton St.George who later moved to Linton on Ouse on 16th September 1942. On 3rd October 1942 the aircraft received a Cat.Ac/FB damage assessment, the squadron records do not list any damage to any aircraft that may relate to this aircraft so what happened is not yet known. It was repaired on site and returned to 78 Squadron on 19th October 1942. It was next used operationally by 78 Squadron on 9th November 1942. The aircraft was transferred to 158 Squadron at Rufforth on 10th December 1942. As a result of the crash at Upper Poppleton on 20th December 1942 Cat.E2/FB Burnt damage was the damage assessment. It was struck off charge on 1st January 1943.
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