On 20th August 1941 this No.6 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit aircraft landed at Thornaby airfield but failed to stop and ran into a hedge. It sustained slight damage and was later repaired.
Pilot - Sgt McLeod RCAF (R/65220). Uninjured.
Crew - Names unknown. Uninjured.
Hudson P5158 was built to contract 791587/38 by Lockheed at Burbank, California and was shipped to the UK arriving in March 1940 for erection at the Lockheed facility at Speke. After the erection was complete it passed to 9 MU on 3rd April 1940. It was then taken on charge by 220 Squadron at Thornaby on 11th May 1940. It received a No.43 Group Damage Assessor visit on 1st January 1941 which took until 22nd April 1941 for it to be made servicable. The aircraft was transferred to the care of No.6 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit also based at Thornaby. On 20th August 1941 was slightly damaged at Thornaby which saw a Cat.A/FA damage assessment. A repair on site was made but this took some time and it was not until 31st December 1941 for it to be returned to the unit. It continued to serve with No.6 (C)O.T.U. until 2nd August 1942 when it sustained Cat.Ac/FA damage in a mishap at Thornaby. During repair this damage assessment was upgraded to Re-Cat.B on 10th August 1942 and it was taken away for a repair in works by Cuncliffe Owen at Silloth. Once servicable it was flown to 29 MU on 19th September 1943. It was later taken on charge by No.5 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit on 24th December 1943. On 7th January 1944 it went to No.1 Radio School and was converted into an instructional airframe 4466M. On 14th August 1944 it was struck off charge.
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