On 9th April 1940, 60 MU inspected Hudson "N7239" (but probably correctly N7238), of 220 Squadron at Thornaby airfield. It seems likely that it was to inspect
damage almost certainly as a result of an accident or due to battle damage which occured a couple of days prior to the 9th. No further information is known.
It could not have been Hudson N7239 as this was written off on 4th September 1939 at Leuchars serving with 224 Squadron, and thus
cannot have been inspected at Thornaby nine months later. The likely identity therefore is N7238.
Crew - Names unknown, uninjured?
Hudson N7238 was built to contract 791587/38 by Lockheed Aircraft Corporation at Burbank, California and shipped to the UK, arriving in May 1939.
After assembly and testing and a period of storage it was issued to 220 Squadron at Thornaby in September 1939. It sustained Cat.M(c) prior to the 9th April 1940 and was inspected
by 60 MU as detailed above. It is presumed to have been repaired on site and returned to 220 Squadron. It later transferred to 320 Squadron
at Carew Cheriton in October 1940 when the unit converted from Ansons to Hudsons and it moved with this unit to Leuchars 20th March 1941 and to Bircham Newton again with the unit on
20th April 1942. For a short period of time it was attached to the Station Flight, Bircham Newton then returned to 320 Squadron also at Bircham Newton.
On an unspecified date in 1943 it transferred to 1 (c)OTU at Silloth and on 16th October 1943 it transferred to the care of 22 MU (ASU) also at
Silloth when 1 (c)OTU ceased operating Hudsons. It was later issued to the ATA on an unspecified date. On 13th August 1944 it was involved in a Cat. E2/FA crash when
it was forced landed after suffering an engine fire/failure at Littlewick, Berkshire. No fatalities reported by ATA that day and the aircraft was then written off.