Halifax LL614 at Breighton airfield.
During the afternoon of 10th March 1945 this 78 Squadron aircraft was given an airtest. After a twenty minute flight the aircraft landed tail wheel first at Breighton airfield at 18.04hrs and the tail wheel collapsed. The landing was not heavy and a strengthening modification to the tail wheel assembly that was being made to other Halifaxes had not yet been made on this aircraft.
Pilot - F/Lt Ivan St.Clair Myers RCAF (J/36976).