Halifax LV827 at Leconfield airfield.
On the evening of 15th February 1944 this 466 Squadron aircraft was to have been flown on an operational flight to bomb Berlin and took off from Leconfield at 17.05hrs. Shortly after taking off the starboard inner engine failed so the crew jettisoned the bomb load in the North Sea and turned for home. While making a three engined landing at Leconfield at 21.10hrs the aircraft landed slightly heavy at Leconfield and began to swing. Before the aircraft was brought level again the tail wheel assembly broke.
Pilot - P/O Fred Byron Black RAAF (415213).
Navigator - Sgt Michael Malins RAFVR (1388384).
Air Bomber - P/O Erskine Edwyn Mitford Lilley RAAF (414309).
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - F/Sgt Leslie Ewart Stockwell RAFVR (1317471).
Flight Engineer - Sgt Dennis Blake RAFVR (1677719).
Air Gunner - F/Sgt Kevin William Mansell RAAF (415674).
Air Gunner - Sgt Patrick Leo Wallace RAFVR (1796377).