Hudson AM859 at Thornaby airfield.
On 11th September 1941 this Hudson was being delivered to Thornaby airfield where it would have probably joined No.6 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit which had just formed there. The pilot was a member of No.6 Ferry Pilot Pool, ATA. On landing at 16.25hrs at Thornaby the aircraft swung off the runway and the port undercarriage collapsed.
Pilot - First Officer Clark Loring Trumbull Jr ATA (M.154).
Hudson AM859 was built to British Purchasing Corporation contract A-1749 by Lockheed Vega at Burbank, California, USA and in July 1941 was flown to the UK. It was accepted by 20 MU at Aston Down and appears to have been delivered to Thornaby on 11th September 1941 when it was damaged on landing. Cat.M/FA damage was the damage assessment and it was repaired on site at Thornaby. Once servicable on 29th December 1941 it was taken on charge by 608 Squadron at Thornaby. On 27th August 1942 it was transferred to No.6 (C.)O.T.U. at Thornaby. On 22nd March 1943 it was transferred to No.1 (C).O.T.U at Thornaby. On 12th May 1943 it made a heavy landing at Thornaby at night due to incorrect flap setting which saw the undercarriage collapse. Cat.B/FA damage was the initial damage assessment but this was later upgraded to Re-Cat.E and it was struck off charge. The AM Form 78 states it was then passed to Lancashire Freight Services, Hyde, Cheshire.