Halifax BB306 at Marston Moor airfield.
At 18.12hrs on 3rd December 1943 this 1652 Heavy Conversion Unit aircraft damaged the tail wheel assembly following a heavy night landing at Marston Moor airfield. Minor damage resulted and it was repaired.
Pilot - F/Sgt Allan Ross Van Slyke RCAF (R/121701).
Pilot - F/O A R McGillivray RCAF (J/20232).
Halifax BB306 was built to contract B.124357/40 by the London Passenger Transport Board at Leavesden and was taken on charge by 1652 Heavy Conversion Unit at Marston Moor on 3rd February 1943. As a result of a landing accident there on 20th April 1943 Cat.Ac/FA damage was the damage assessment. A repair on site commenced on 22nd April 1943 and it took until 22nd May 1943 for it to be returned to 1652 H.C.U. charge. On 3rd December 1943 it made a heavy landing at Marston Moor that damaged the tail wheel assembly. Cat.Ac/FA damage was the damage assessment and it was returned to 1652 H.C.U. charge on 1st February 1944. On 18th June 1944 it was declared as being Cat.E.1 during major repair, this saw it struck off charge on 21st June 1944 having clocked up a total of 763 flying hours.