On 30th September 1942 this 1472 Flight aircraft crashed on landing at Dishforth but little else is currently known about the incident.
The unit is given as being 1472 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Flight in pretty much every modern reference to this number unit that I can find. The 1472 Flight record book gives the unit title as being 1472 (D-B) Flight, or 1472 (Dive-Bombing) Flight. Which is correct is anyone's guess. As the scribe of the orb was there at the time I'm leaning towards 1472 (D-B) Flight being correct.
Pilot - F/O Percy Edward Holme RAFVR (62687).
F/O Holme was posted to 1472 Flight from 613 Squadron on 19th August 1942 and then to 231 Squadron on 6th January 1943.
Tomahawk AH999 was built to B.P.C. Contract A-84 by the Curtiss Wright Corporation at Buffalo, New York, USA and arrived by ship at Liverpool in September 1941. It was then transported by road to No.4 A.A.U. at Colerne where it was assembled and tested. It was delivered to S.F.P.P. at Kemble in late 1941 where ferry pilots were familiarized with the type using it. It was transferred to 1472 Flight at Dishforth on 27th June 1942 not long after the unit formed and it was their first Tomahawk to arrive. As a result of the damage sustained at Dishforth on 30th September 1942 minor damage resulted. 1472 Flight received a replacement Tomahawk (AH744) for the damaged AH999 on 11th October 1942. Cat.B/FA damage was the assessment and it was then dismantled and transported by road to Western Airways Ltd. at Weston-super-Mare for repair in works. On completion of repair it was placed in MU storage until 5th June 1943 when it was taken on charge by 1685 B.D.T. Flight at Ossington but by April 1944 this unit had re-equipped with Hurricanes and the aircraft was placed in MU storage pending disposal. It was struck off charge on 9th May 1944.
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