Possibly due to selecting undercarriage down with the engine throttled right back causing insufficient RPM to work the hydraulic system. He failed to check that they were fully down. P/O E H Bickaler (American) landed at 15:35 after his first flight on type with the undercarriage partially retracted. Sgt G L Davidson (New Zealand) was returning from a search light co-op exercise when he undershot the flight path on landing and crashed in a field. Pilot Sgt JJV McCarthy (New Zealander) and his crew were unhurt. This aircraft was damaged at 1745hrs when one propellor struck a bomb trolley that had been left parked by the side of the runway after the aircraft skidded on the frosty airfield surface. Pilot Sgt JE Richards was unhurt but his unnamed passenger is recorded as suffering minor injuries. Pilot Sgt SJ Nicolle and his crew were unhurt.Īirborne from Swanton Morley for a target-towing sortie, the aircraft force-landed at 1330hrs 0.5 miles northeast of South Kyme after running low on fuel in poor weather and was written off when it came to rest in a river. The pilot belly-landed at Red Farm, damaging the aircraft beyond repair. The port engine failed in flight, followed by the starboard engine losing power and then failing. This aircraft was wrecked at 1630hrs whilst on a practice flight. No accident record found for this incident. The aircraft crashed 400m west of the southern end of Cranmer Lane, two miles west of Holbeach at 1100hrs. Pilot Sgt Gius (Polish) was unhurt.Ĭrashed Cranmore Lane, Holbeach, Sgt JBR Lalonde (Canadian) was killed in this accident when his Hurricane dived out of thick cloud at high speed into the ground during a heavy snow storm. This aircraft was wrecked at 1510hrs when it struck a hedge whilst making a forced landing ater then engine failed in flight on a target-towing sortie. The aircraft was unoccupied at the time and no injuries were reported. This aircraft was damaged at 1799hrs whilst parked when it was struck by taxying Wellington Z8407. Pilot Sgt JD McKnight and crew were unhurt. This aircraft was damaged at 1700hrs when the brakes failed as the aircraft was taxying back to dispersal after a compass-swing causing it to strike parked Wellington Z8491. The aircraft was unoccupied and no injuries were reported.

The top of the vehicle struck the port aileron and damaged it. A vehicle was driven under the port wing without the driver having checked for clearance.

Aicraft bounce on touch down