On the night of 4th / 5th April 1943 the crew of this 10 Squadron aircraft undertook an operational flight to bomb Kiel and took off from Melbourne at 20.56hrs. The crew released their bomb load in thick cloud over the target onto target markers from 18,500 feet. They made a landing at Melbourne airfield at 02.11hrs but overshot and ran into a ditch. The aircraft sustained minor damage to the undercarriage. The ditch was actually outside the property owned by the Air Miinistry but an application was made to cover the ditch with piping and make it into a culvert.
Pilot - Sgt F Glover RAFVR (1098307).
Flight Engineer - Sgt R S Burr RAFVR (1486008).
Navigator - Sgt D E Taylor RAFVR (1388419).
Bomb Aimer - Sgt R Bell RAFVR (1148678).
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - Sgt E J Phillips RAFVR (1379826).
Air Gunner - Sgt F Hobbs.
Air Gunner - Sgt R E Everett RAFVR (920750).
On the night of 20th / 21st April 1943 the above crew apart from Sgt Hobbs were made POW when Halifax JB930 failed to return from an operational flight on Stettin.
Halifax DT792 was built to contract B.982938/39 by English Electric Co. Ltd. at Samlesbury and was taken on charge by 10 Squadron at Melbourne on 3rd February 1943. The aircraft received minor Cat.Ac/FB damage when it overshot on landing at Melbourne on 5th April 1943. The repair was begun two days later and it was returned to 10 Squadron on 7th May 1943. On the night of 24th / 25th June 1943 it was slightly damaged by flak that probably resulted in Cat.A/FB damage and a repair on site benig made. There is no reference to this on the aircraft's AM Form 78 suggesting it was very minor. On 3rd August 1943 it returned to Melbourne badly damaged on an operational flight on Hamburg. On landing the undercarriage collapsed and it was further damaged. Cat.B/FB damage was the initial damage assessment but on 14th August 1943 it was re-assessed as Re.Cat.E that saw it then struck off charge. It had flown a total of 196 flying hours.