Unidentified Halifax at Marston Moor airfield.
On the night of 23rd / 24th July 1944 408 Squadron Lancaster DS692 crash landed at Marston Moor airfield with a full bomb load on board. The crew escaped injury and scrambled clear but the damaged aircraft caught fire. As the fire spread to the fuselage most of the bomb load exploded and destroyed the aircraft. A large crater was left around twenty five yards off the main runway, windows as far away as Tockwith village were broken and a piece of shrapnel passed through a parked Halifax causing minor damage. The identity of this damaged Halifax is not known.
No Crew.