On 28th October 1942 this aircraft was being flown on a conversion-flight training flight and as the aircraft neared Pocklington the pilot's escape hatch blew off at 11.00hrs. The pilot was making his approach to land at the time and on touching down the aircraft swung off the runway and it's undercarriage collapsed. The aircraft was not repaired. The aircraft was reportedly damaged at Pocklington ten days earlier but with the same problem of the escape hatch coming free in flight, this suggests to this researcher that perhaps these two incidents are one and the same and occured on either 18th or 28th October 1942.

Pilot - Sgt "Gurant"