On 15th November 1941 this No.6 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit aircraft was being flown in the area off the North Sea coast and while flying low the starboard engine nacelle struck the surface of the water, the pilot managed to climb the aircraft and landed safely, believed to have been at base of Thornaby. Minor damage was found to have been sustained to the aircraft and unfortunately the pilot was court-martialed for a low flying offence. The pilot is likely to be the same person who went on to gain a DFC with 59 Squadron in Coastal Command.
Pilot - Sgt Loney (Possibly Sgt Wesley Glen Loney RAAF (400279)).
Hudson T9376 was built to B.P.C. contract A-67 by the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation at Burbank, California and it was shipped to the UK arriving Liverpool Docks in September 1940. From there it was taken by road to the Lockheed Assembly Division (UK) Ltd. for assembly and then to 20 MU on 24th September 1940. On 3rd October 1940 it was taken on charge by 224 Squadron. On 16th May 1941 it was transferred to 233 Squadron at Aldergrove and on 21st August 1941 it was transferred to No.6 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit at Thornaby. It clipped the sea during a flight on 15th November 1941 that saw minor damage sustained, Cat.A/FA damage was probably the damage assessment, it was repaired on site and returned to the unit. On 28th February 1942 it received a Cat.Ac/FA damage assessment that saw a repair on site made. It was returned to the unit on 6th June 1942. It then crashed at Thornaby on 25th July 1942. Cat.B/FA damage was the initial damage assessment but this was upgraded on 21st August 1942 to Re-Cat.E and it was struck off charge.
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