On the 17th of April 1940 was on an operational flight over the North Sea and carried out a number of duties
whilst on this flight. The aircraft ran low on fuel as a result of carrying out all these tasks and making it back
to base ws not possible. The pilot force landed the aircraft at 10.20hrs three miles north of Whitby in what was
described as adverse weather conditions. Details regarding the incident are sketchy, 60 MU ORB states "18 April 1940.
Inspected Hudson N7231 at Whitby. Cat M(u). Flown off 22 April 1940". As a result I presume the aircraft landed wheels down
and made a near perfect landing in a field. No further details are known.
The aircraft was built to contract 791587/38 by Lockheed-Vega at Burbank, California and was delivered to the UK by sea, arriving
in May 1939. After erection and acceptance at MU and a period of storage, the aircraft was issued to 220 Sqdn at Thornaby who started
to re-equip with Hudsons in September 1939. It suffered Cat M(u) damage in the above incident. It would later be lost as Cat W/FA on
the 11th July 1940 when it collided with a balloon cable at Boldon Colliery, County Durham with fatal results.
Crew - unknown, ok? Pilot had a total of 514 hours flying time, with 214 hours being on the Hudson type.
Crash location unknown.
