Whitley P4956 (possibly) at Leeming airfield.
On 20th January 1941 this 10 Squadron aircraft sustained minor damage at Leeming airfield at 12.36hrs when, on landing, the tail wheel ran over ruts of frozen snow and then collapsed.
Pilot - Sgt Thomas Augustine Byrne RAF (748546).
Whitley P4956 was built to contract 75147/38 by Armstrong Whitworth Ltd. at Baginton and was awaiting collection on 21st April 1940. It was taken
on charge by 10 Squadron at Dishforth in May 1940 as a replacement for Whitley K9026 with all Mk.IV's having been withdrawn from front line operational
squadrons in May 1940. On 17th/18th May 1940 it sustained Cat.M/FB damage when it was hit by flak on an operational flight to bomb oil storage depots
at Bremen and it was one of six 10 Squadron aircraft that was hit by flak that night. The aircraft was repaired on site and returned to 10 Squadron, it
moved with the squadron to Leeming on 8th July 1940. On 20th January 1941 it sustained minor damage, Cat.A/FA damage was probably the assessment and it would have been repaired on site and returned to the unit. Damage on 15th March 1941 is not recorded
in the history of the aircraft.
By
July 1941 10 Squadron had ceased operating 'P'-serial Whitley's for operational flying. After repair it was transferred to 10 OTU at Abingdon where, on 12th July 1942 it crashed sustaining Cat.E/FA damage when it overshot on landing at Kidlington after a cross-country training exercise having suffered a double
engine failure (usually the result of running out of fuel).