At 0403 hrs 10 miles SE of Ossington at 4,000 feet aircraft collided with a Lancaster aircraft thought to be on reciprocal course. Some damage to Halifax. Aircraft was difficult to control and pilot found it possible only at a speed of 180 mph. Successful landing at that speed was made at Ossington.
Offline Icare9, pbeach and myself have been exchanging some emails - Icare9 picked this duty detail out of the Snaith Ops logs. As a result Doug banged his head against the turret and was briefly hospitalized.
I image landing a Halifax at 180 mph was comming in a little "hot" - what was your normal landing speed?