Halifax BB362 at Carnaby airfield.
On the afternoon of 12th November 1944 this 1656 Heavy Conversion Unit aircraft was flown on a cross country training exercise and all appears to have gone well for much of the flight. Some hours into the flight the port inner engine began to emmit black smoke and began to run roughly so the crew feathered the propeller and shut down the engine. They initially headed for their base at Lindholme but were later diverted to the emergency landing strip at Carnaby to land. Nearing Carnaby the port outer engine caught fire, the crew operated the in-built fire extinguisher system and this put out the fire. In order to maintain height the crew restarted the port inner engine but on landing at Carnaby at 17.00hrs the aircraft swung off the runway and ran into trees. Fairly serious damage must have occurred as the aircraft was not repaired. The pilot was later posted to 153 Squadron.
Pilot - P/O M F A Ryan RCAF (J/89781).