Halifax NP742 at Linton on Ouse airfield.
During the afternoon of 18th November 1944 this 408 Squadron aircraft was flown on an operational flight to bomb Munster and took off from Linton on Ouse airfield at 12.33hrs. The crew found the target covered in thick cloud but released their bombs onto marker flares from 16,500 feet at 15.04hrs. On making an approach to land at Linton on Ouse airfield there appears to have been a problem in lowering the starboard undercarriage leg and the warning light in the cockpit may have been faulty. The flight engineer gave the leg a quick visual check and believing that it was properly locked down a landing was made at Linton on Ouse at 18.25hrs. During the subsequent landing the
starboard undercarriage retracted and the aircraft was damaged. The 408 Squadron scribe failed to properly identify the crews flying operational sorties in their squadron records on this date, perhaps not a bad thing as the flight engineer was held to blame for not properly checking the leg was lowered.
Pilot - P/O Robert Britten Stewart RCAF (J/89238).
Crew - Names unconfirmed.