This aircraft had a Cat.3R damage assessment made against it on 1st November 1953. At the time it was on charge with 66 Squadron and was based at Linton on Ouse. What caused the damage assessment to be made is not known. The No.60 Maintenance Unit record book lists all the aeroplanes that they were tasked with making servicable in 1953. For this aircraft it states that it was ready during the month of December 1953 and they repaired it at Linton on Ouse.