Mosquito II HJ703 near Croft airfield.

On 30th August 1945 this No.13 Operational Training Unit aircraft suffered a glycol leak in the port engine which saw the engine overheat. The pilot correctly shut down the engine and the propeller feathered. He attempted to land at Croft airfield but overshot the airfield as the aircraft was too high and flying too fast on approach. After overflying the airfield it lost height and crashed around half a mile north west of Croft airfield and caught fire. The pilot, who was flying solo, was seriouly injured, despite being rushed to hospital at Northallerton he died ten minutes after admission. He was on Course 24 at the time of the accident. 13 O.T.U. were based at Middleton St.George but were also using nearby Croft airfield as a satellite at the time, which airfield this aircraft had taken off from is not known.

Pilot - Sgt Donald Lindsey Lamb RAFVR (1584843), aged 20. Buried Barrow upon Soar Cemetery, Leicestershire.