Halifax LL174 at Dishforth airfield.
During the night of 16th / 17th June 1944 this 1664 Heavy Conversion Unit aircraft was flown on a night cross country training exercise and took off from Dishforth at around 23.15hrs. After a four hour flight the aircraft landed without incident at Dishforth at 03.15hrs. While taxying around the perimeter track back to a dispersal point when it struck Halifax LL175 from behind that was left in front of the watch office with a seized engine. It appears to have been unmarked and unlit. Minor damage to both aircraft resulted.
Pilot - P/O Robert Cahoon Diamond RCAF (J/86836).