At 15.00hrs on 3rd October 1942 a ground accident at Doncaster airfield saw a member of 271 Squadron ground crew injured when he was struck on the head by a propeller. He possibly fell into the rotating propeller. He was taken to the Fulwood Hospital in Sheffield for treatment. The casualty file for the incident does not identify the aircraft involved.
Ground crew - AC1 Albert Ronald Pye RAFVR (1446646). Injured.