Lancaster LM175 at Lindholme airfield.
At 22.40hrs on 15th November 1944 this 1656 Heavy Conversion Unit aircraft was taxying at Lindholme airfield and it was struck by Halifax W7860 that had swung out of control while taking off. Lancaster LM175 was repaired but was destroyed on 6th February 1945 with 1656 H.C.U. in a crash off the Welsh coast.
Pilot - F/Lt Stanley Thomas Boullier RAFVR (128861).
Five Crew - Names unknown.
Stanley Boullier was involved in an earlier potentially serious incident. On 31st May 1944 he was the pilot of Wellington BJ597 with 30 OTU flying a Nickel flight to Cherbourg when the starboard engine caught fire. He managed to get the aircraft back across the English Channel before he and his crew baled out. The Wellington crashed near Devizes, Wiltshire. After training at 1656 HCU he was later posted to 576 Squadron. On 2nd February 1945 he was flying Lancaster PD312 on Ops to Wiesbaden when an engine caught fire and the crew abandoned the aircraft over France but behind Allied lines.