This Hudson stalled and then crashed on the 14th of October 1941 at 21.40hrs killing all five airmen on board. The machine burnt out at the site (Cat E2/FA damage reported), near Newham Hall, Nunthorpe. The aircraft had been purchased by the British Purchasing Commission direct from Lockheed-Vega at Burbank, California without contract. After delivery to the UK in May 1941 and acceptance at MU it was delivered to 6(C)OTU on an as yet unspecified date.

Instructor / Pilot - F/O William H Dimmock RAF, aged 26, of ? Buried Thornaby on Tees Cemetery, Yorkshire.

Student Pilot - P/O I R Fyfe RAFVR, aged 19, of Llandaff, Glamorgan. Buried Springbank Cemetery, Aberdeen.

Student Nav - P/O James E Robson RAFVR, aged 24, of Lewes, Sussex. Buried Blyth, Northumberland.

Student WOp / AG - P/O Kenneth R Swann RAFVR, aged 26, of Holt, Norfolk. Buried Holt, Norfolk.

Student WOp / AG - Sgt Alfred J Beard RAFVR, aged 21, of East Ham, London. Buried Leytonstone, Essex.

I have yet to locate this crash site.