Aircraft accidents in Yorkshire.

Whitley T4284 at Linton on Ouse airfield.

On the late evening of 23rd December 1940 the crew of this aircraft were tasked with bombing French ports around Boulogne, the aircraft returned to base at 22.18hrs and while landing in poor visibilty it undershot and was slightly damaged at Linton on Ouse.

Crew - Names unknown.

Whitley T4284 was built to contract 38599/39 by Armstrong Whitworth Ltd at Baginton and was awaiting collection on 26th October 1940. The aircraft was probably a replacement for N1428 "GE-B". T4284 was taken on charge by 58 Squadron at Linton in early November 1940 and Cat.M(c)/FB damage was recorded following the incident at Linton on Ouse on 23rd December 1940 as stated above. It was repaired on site but on completion of the repair it was transferred to 10 OTU at Abingdon in early 1941. After a period with 10 OTU it was transferred to 19 OTU at Kinloss where it remained until being converted to a ground instructional airframe in March 1944 as 4657M.