Halifax LV904 damaged in the air, landed at Leconfield airfield.
On the night of 15th March 1944 this 466 Squadron aircraft was used to flying an operational flight to bomb Stuttgart and took off from Leconfield airfield at 18.55hrs. The crew released their bomb load onto the target area from 20,000 feet at 23.26hrs. While over the target area the aircraft was struck by falling incendiaries released by a higher flying aircraft at 23.29hrs. Despite the damage the crew flew the aircraft back to base and landed without incident at Leconfield at 03.19hrs.
Pilot - F/Sgt John Homer Cole RAAF (409816).
Navigator - F/O John McIsaacs RAAF (421374).
Air Bomber - F/Sgt Thomas Lockhart Vary RAAF (421647).
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - F/Sgt Morgan Arnold Rodger RAAF (426687).
Flight Engineer - Sgt John Herbert Monk RAFVR (1322206).
Air Gunner - F/Sgt James Walter Close RAAF (427613).
Air Gunner - F/Sgt Laurie Milner RAAF (419827).