At 16.00hrs on 8th October 1941 the pilot of this Hurricane was forced to make a crash landing near Whitby due to engine failure. The engine cut out after the pilot switched to the reserve fuel tank. He landed with his wheels up, and the aircraft was not seriously damaged and was later repaired. The pilot survived. The location of where this occured is not yet known.

Hurricane V7168 was built to contract B85730/40 by Gloster Aircraft Ltd at Hucclecote. It was delivered to the RAF in January 1941 and after acceptance issued to 260 Squadron at Skitten. It was later transferred to 55 OTU at Usworth on an as yet unspecified date where, in the incident detailed above, it suffered Cat.B/FA damage. It was repaired and returned to service and issued to 5 FTS at Ternhill in early 1942. 5 FTS became 5 (P)AFU at Ternhill on 1st April 1942 and the aircraft continued to serve until shipped to the Middle East on an unspecified date. It was later struck off charge on 28th August 1944.

Pilot - Sgt J B Hurley RCAF (R/74321), uninjured.