The Story of Halifax WL-U

Jim Parrott, Harry Pearce, Allen Kurtzhals, Bert Brown, Les Janzen, Gord Olafson, Alex Divitcoff

The sad story of Handley Page Halifax WL-U's last flight has been published on our Airfield Stories page. The Canadian No 434 Squadron aircraft took off from Croft on 18th December 1944, with just one of the seven crew members to return to the UK alive. For the full story, click here. Many thanks to Leslie Green for providing the article.

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