Whitley K8980 at Linton on Ouse airfield.
At 10.50hrs on 18th February 1941 this No.2 Beam Approach Training Flight aircraft landed down wind at Linton on Ouse. It failed stop before the end of the runway and struck a bank which slightly damaged the aircraft.
Pilot - F/Lt Sydney Bruce Bintley AFC RAF (39961).
Whitley K8980 was built to contract 522438/36 by Armstrong Whitworth Ltd at Baginton and was awaiting collection on 23rd December 1938. It was
delivered to 51 Squadron who were based at Linton on Ouse on 30th December 1938 and then moved with unit to Dishforth on 9th December 1939. It was
damaged at Dishforth on the same day (detailed on this website), with Cat.M/FA damage recorded when it taxied into Whitley K9042. It was repaired
on site and returned to unit but was later was taken to 5 MU at Kemble for storage on 1st March 1940. It was then taken on charge by 2 B.A.T. Flight
at Linton on Ouse on 2nd February 1941 and as a result of the mishap detailed above Cat.A/FA damage was recorded. It was repaired on site by a team
from 43 Group but in the mean time 2 BAT Flight had moved to Driffield. On completion of repair it returned to 2 BAT Flightt on 14th April 1941 at
Driffield. It then was transferred to the Parachute Training Squadron at Ringway on 20th October 1941. Here it sustained Cat.A(c)/FA in a minor
accident on 17th December 1941 when swung on landing at Ringway and undercarriage collapsed. It was again repaired on site which was commenced on
30th December 1941 and on completion it was returned to the unit. Parachute Training Squadron in the mean time had been renamed No.1 Parachute
Training School, Ringway and on completion of repair it was returned to this newly named unit. On 3rd January 1943 it was flown to Marshall's at
Cambridge for unspecified work to be carried out and later returned to 1 PTS at Ringway on 13th February 1943. It was later converted to
instructional airframe 4113M and transferred to 6th Airborne Division, no date is given for this but presumably prior to the D-Day landings.