Halifax DT563 at Linton on Ouse airfield.
On the night of 12th / 13th March 1943 the crew of this 76 Squadron undertook an operational flight to bomb Essen and took off from Linton on Ouse airfield at 19.21hrs. As the aircraft left the ground the port wing dropped slightly and as the undercarriage leg was being retracted the port side undercarriage was damaged. It locked at a point half-retracted and would not then go up or down. The crew flew out over the North Sea and at 20.09hrs. The turned around and the aircraft landed at Linton on Ouse at 21.05hrs gently causing very little further damage.
Pilot - F/Sgt Philip Elliott Clarke RAFVR (1332208).
Sgt R J Fielder
Sgt J Lewis
Sgt K Hipkiss
Sgt M Codmore
Sgt W J Roberts
Sgt P E C Smith