Whitley T4234 at Leeming airfield.
On 3th January 1941 this aircraft took off from Leeming airfield at 17.10hrs for Ops to Bremen and bombing the target in two runs from 12,000ft. The crew returned to base and landed at 00.17hrs. An Luftwaffe intruder piloted by Lt. Bohme of 3/NJG2 is reported to have attacked a Whitley either off Yorkshire or near Catterick on this night and others before me in recording the intruder attack have linked it to Whitley T4234 but to date no conclusive proof has been found. If indeed T4234 was damaged then it was only very slightly damaged as it was back on ops soon afterwards.
Pilot - P/O Williams.
Crew - Names unknown.
Whitley T4234 was built to contract 38599/39 by Armstrong Whitworth Ltd, at Baginton and was awaiting collection on 29th September 1940, it was then taken on charge by 10 Squadron at Leeming the following month. It was possibly damaged on 4th January 1941 in this incident listed above but it can only have sustained Cat.A/FB at the very worst. It would have been repaired on site and returned to it's squadron. On 15th February 1941 it sustained the mishap at Dishforth. Cat.A(C)/FB damage was recorded and it was repaired on site by a team from Armstrong Whitworth Ltd and returned to the unit. On 23rd August 1941 Cat.E2/FB damage was recorded following the accident on Widdale Fell between Hawes and Dent. Both other incidents are detailed on this website.