Halifax III NA621 at Rufforth airfield.

At 23.40hrs on 10th May 1945 Halifax NA621 swung on take off at Rufforth airfield during a circuits and landings training exercise with 1663 Heavy Conversion Unit. It ran off the runway and as it passed a dispersal point it collided with Halifax LK785 that was parked and sat empty. Both aircraft sustained damage that would see them written off.

Pilot - F/Sgt Edward George Seekings RAFVR (629325).

Six others - Names unknown.


P2 Edward Seekings was flying with 58 Squadron on 23rd August 1949 when Mosquito PF671 crashed near Benson. He was killed and is buried at Edmonton Cemetery, London.