Lancaster ED324 at Lindholme airfield.
On 7th October 1943 a rountine inspection of this 1662 Heavy Conversion Unit aircraft at Lindholme airfield discovered minor Cat.Ac damage. No further information is known about how the damage occurred.
Lancaster ED324 was built to contract B.69274/40 by A.V. Roe Ltd. at Manchester and was awaiting collection in November 1942.
It was delivered soon after completion to 1656 H.C.U. at Lindholme on 28th November 1942 only to suffer a minor accident a few weeks later at Lindholme on 15th December 1942. No record of the damage was recorded on the aircraft's AM Form AM.78 so it was probably Cat.A/FA damage that resulted. After completion of the repairs the aircraft was transferred to 1662 H.C.U. at Blyton on 18th February 1943. During a routine inspection of the aircraft at Lindholme on 7th October 1943 it was found to have Cat.Ac/FA damage which was repaired on site in two weeks but nothing more is known about the incident. On 6th November 1943 it sustained Cat.B damage and was taken away to be repaired by A.V.Roe Ltd. Once repaired in March 1944 it briefly passed through Armstrong Whitworths and also 5 MU before being issued to 1 Lancaster Finishing School (LFS) at Blyton. On 12th February 1944 'B' Flight
moved to the parent airfield of Hemswell and on 25th November 1944 the unit was disbanded and the aircraft appears to have been passed back to 1662 HCU. On 7th July 1945 it was converted to a ground instructional airframe and re-numbered 5290M and after this date nothing more of the aircraft is known. The Form Am.78 suggests that it was then issued to 1661 HCU on 7th July 1945 but as this is the same date as the GIA date it may have been converted there for use by them.