Halifax LW445 at Riccall airfield.
Around noon on 28th September 1944 this 1658 Heavy Conversion Unit aircraft was flown on a circuits and landings training exercise at Riccall airfield with an instructor and a trainee crew flying the aircraft. Having landed without incident, at 12.10hrs the aircraft was being taxied around the airfield when the tail wheel left the concrete and ran into soft ground causing the tail oleo to break.
Pilot (instructor) - F/O Fred Derek Algernon Ainsley RAFVR (128853).
Pilot (pupil) - P/O L Moore RCAF (J/88561).