On the 4th of February 1940 a reference to this Hudson appears in 60 MU's ORB and states that on "4th February 1940.
Hudson N7293 inspected at Thornaby."
One presumes it suffered an accident on 3rd February 1940 at or close to Thornaby airfield and the damage was minor.
Crew - Unknown, uninjured?
Hudson N7293 was built to contract 791587/38 by Lockheed Aircraft Co. at Burbank, California. It was shipped to the UK
and after assembly and flight testing it was issued to 220 Squadron based at Thornaby in September 1939. Here its
history is rather vague.
Although no offical
record is believed to have been compiled for the incident detailed above the damage must have been Cat.R/FA, and
the date for this was not recorded but perhaps right to assume it was on 3rd February 1940. The aircraft next appears
on charge with 206 Squadron at Bircham Newton later in 1940, again no date for this transfer is specified.
It is then believed to have been transferred to 6 (c)OTU at Thornaby on or about 19th July 1941 when the unit reformed. 6 (c)OTU
ceased to use Hudson's in October 1942 and the aircraft went into long term storage at an unspecified MU. It was
later issued to RAE Farnborourgh for test work but no date again is specified. Following this it again went into
long term MU storage and was finally struck off charge on 7th November 1946.