On the 20th of November 1942 this aircraft suffered an engine failure whilst on a training flight, it clipped trees and crashed near Belmont Farm, Eaglescliffe. The aircraft was written off, Cat E2/FA damage was sustained.

The aircraft was built to contract 992424/39 by Vickers Armstrongs Ltd at Chester and delivered to the RAF in December 1940, after acceptance it was issued to 214 Sqdn at Stradishall in early 1941. It later saw service with 15 OTU and 27 OTU before moving to 6 (c)OTU in late 1942.

Crew - Unknown. Ok?