Halifax LV818 at Melbourne airfield.
During the afternoon of 29th March 1944 this 10 Squadron aircraft was flown on a training flight. The aircraft initially landed normally at Melbourne at 17.05hrs but after a hundred yards it swung off the runway and the tail wheel collapsed. Minor damage to the aircraft resulted.
Pilot - P/O John Thorburn Hewitt RCAF (J/85562).
Pilot - Acting F/Lt Leslie Jones Hampton DFM RAFVR (142528).