On the evening of 21st October 1943 the crew of this 1664 Heavy Conversion Unit aircraft were to take off from Croft airfield at 20.40hrs to undertake a training flight. As the aircraft picked up speed it swung off the runway and struck a building on the boundary of the airfield. This building was unfortunately the pyrotechnic store and a fire developed in it, while all on the aircraft escaped injury the fire in the building gave those at Croft a pyrotechnic display and both the aircraft and building were destroyed. The pilot received injuries to his face.
Pilot - F/Sgt D J Partridge RCAF (R/134563).
Crew - Names unknown.