Halifax EB218 at Tholthorpe airfield.
On the night of 15th / 16th September 1943 this 434 Squadron aircraft was flown on an operational flight to bomb Montlucon. The aircraft took off from Tholthorpe at 20.30hrs. The time the crew were were over the target is not given in the unit records. The Halifax landed at Tholthorpe at 03.08hrs but suffered brake failure on the main port wheel and this caused the aircraft to swing off the taxi track near the Watch Office. Close by were the crash tender vehicle, the large ambulance and a smaller ambulance, all had drivers in them. The drivers of the crash tender and larger ambulance were able to drive clear but the smaller ambulance driver appears to have reversed but then collided with the MET office. The starboard outer propeller clipped this ambulance causing minor damage to the propeller and to the ambulance.
Pilot - Sgt Albert William Austin RAFVR (658291).
Navigator - F/O Anthony Haddon McKay RCAF (J/14515).
Bomb Aimer - Sgt John Pressly Scott RCAF (R/124945).
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - Sgt Joseph Bertrand Gerard Barrette RCAF (R/104967).
Air Gunner - Sgt Robert Warren Dixon RCAF (R/178829).
Air Gunner - Sgt J D McConnell RCAF (R/126819).
Flight Engineer - Sgt Victor George Foster RAFVR (959200).