On the 29th of February 1940 the crew of this aircraft were carrying out a routine patrol of the North Sea, when whilst 200 miles out to sea, the port engine seized up and caught fire. The fuel was cut and the fire went out but the hydraulics were now useless. The pilot managed to reach the Yorkshire Coast and up-draft allowed him to reach Thornaby airfield and make a landing. It is not known whether damage was caused to the aircraft on this landing or whether the undercarriage was lowered.

Pilot - F/Sgt Bill Williams, ok.

W Op / AG - Thomas Brown, of Littleport, Ely, ok.

Rest of crew unknown.

The pilot would be killed later in the War, in either 1940 or 1941. He was awarded either a DSO or DFM previously for "Sitting" on a Dornier whilst he was on an airtest, causing the Dornier to crash.