Battle L5680 at Catfoss airfield.
On 4th July 1941 this No.2 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit aircraft suffered the undercarriage fail to lock down prior to landing at Catfoss airfield. On landing at 18.10hrs the undercarriage then collapsed. A fault in the cockpit warning light appears to have caused the pilot a problem in knowing there was an issue.
Pilot - Sgt Klemens Prusak PAF (782599).
Battle L5680 was built to contract 540408/36 by The Austin Motor Co. Ltd. at Longbridge and was delivered to 22 MU at Silloth on 27th May 1940
who issued it to 1(C)OTU at Silloth on 19th June 1940. On 2nd December 1940 it was transferred to 2(C)OTU at Catfoss. It sustained minor Cat.A/FA
damage following a flying accident at Skipsea on 24th March 1941 and was repaired on site. It was then damaged again as a result of
the landing accident at Catfoss on 4th July 1941, Cat.M/FA was the damage assessment. It was repaired on site and returned to the unit. On 27th November
1941 it was transferred back to 1(C)OTU at Silloth and on 30th April 1942 it suffered another flying accident with Cat.A/FA damage recorded when
it suffered engine failure and pilot was able to make a belly landing at Silloth. It was again repaired on site and returned to the unit. On 19th
December 1942 it was flown to 18 MU at Dumfries for long term storage and remained there until being finally struck off charge on 14th July 1944.