<i>Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945.</i><br>
The damaged tail section of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handley_Page_Halifax" class="extiw" title="en:Handley Page Halifax">Handley Page Halifax B Mark II Series I</a>, HR782 'MH-V', <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._51_Squadron_RAF" class="extiw" title="en:No. 51 Squadron RAF">51 Squadron RAF</a>, following its collision with an Avro Lancaster while returning from a raid on Munchen-Gladbach on the night of 29/30 August 1943.  HR782 was ten miles from its temporary base at Ossington, Nottinghamshire, when the Lancaster, apparently on a reciprocal course, collided with the aircraft, damaging the port propellers, gashing the fuselage and tearing off the upper port fin.  The pilot, Flying Officer R Burchett, found the aircraft uncontrollable at less than 180 miles per hour, but made a good landing at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Ossington" class="extiw" title="en:RAF Ossington">Ossington</a> despite overshooting the runway.  HR782 was repaired and flew on further operations before it was finally lost on a raid to Leipzig on the night of 3/4 December 1943.
Royal Air Force official photographer
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