Fate of a Halifax

Bob · Flight Lieutenant

Fate of a Halifax

Date: Jun 24, 2008

Hi Bob
You might have an error in the log book. Air Britain records that DG341 swung on landing at Croft and the U/C collapsed on 27.6.43. It was with 1664 Conversion Unit
Regards Dick

Date: Jun 24, 2008

Hi Again
It is not,of course, impossible that it was recovered from an incident at Tempsford in '42 and passed to the HCU
Dick

Date: Jun 24, 2008

To Bob,

Having gone WR Chorleys 1942 yearbook I came up with nothing. Having read Dicks comments regarding a change of date to 27 June 43, I found the exact details as Dick had mentioned in volume 8, HCU / OTC page 53.
Regards,
John

Bob · Flight Lieutenant

Thanks all, I have now found it in BCL - it helps if one reads the righthand page as well as the left!

I think the chap may have been in a bit of a bad way when he wrote up a copy of his log - a page that reads "Febuary 1942" is identical to another that reads January 43.

I am told that after some crash he was at home and, for weeks, just sat i front of the fire and said nothing. I have found an entry, Feb 43, saying that he was sent to hospital. Sounds like he could have become very muddled, a very sad case.