Halifax LL509 at Rufforth airfield.
During the morning of 3rd December 1944 this 1663 Heavy Conversion Unit aircraft was flown on a circuits and landings training flight using Rufforth airfield. On take off for one of these flights one of the main tyres burst. At 11.07hrs on landing at Rufforth the undercarriage was then strained.
Pilot (instructor) - F/Lt Gordon Kenneth Frank Wade DFC RAFVR (144277).
Pilot (pupil) - F/O Ian Kirk Adams RNZAF (NZ.427530).