4469 initially retained its garter blue livery before being repainted into wartime black.

The valances over the driving wheels were also removed for ease of access to the locomotive's valve gear.

The locomotive was severely damaged as a result of the explosion, but was recovered and towed to Doncaster shortly afterward.

4469 since new in 1938, was stored at Doncaster until 1945, when it was then rebuilt, given the new tender number 703 and attached to LNER Thompson Class A2/1 No.

4469 Sir Ralph Wedgwood, one of its damaged nameplates was rescued from scrap by a member of the Doncaster workshops staff for preservation at his home.

It was later sold by his grandson in the early 2000s, with speculation that the National Railway Museum would seek to obtain it; the NRM subsequently were unable to purchase it and it became part of a private collection.

4469 Sir Ralph Wedgwood was destroyed in 1942, now within the Great Hall of the National Railway Museum, by the Gresley Society on 29 April 1992 to mark the 50th anniversary of the raid.