On 4th October 1942 this aircraft collided with another Mustang while they were performing a practice dogfight after ground straffing part of an army co-operation exercise on the nearby training grounds. The pilot of this aircraft lost control and the aircraft crashed at 11.15hrs, he sadly was killed. It is thought the other unidentified Mustang and pilot flew off and returned to base where they landed safely.

Pilot - S/Ldr Robert Gray RAF (72081). Aged ? Of ? Buried Catterick Cemetery, Yorkshire.

The pilot's headstone at Catterick Cemetery. Robert Gray was granted a permanent commission in the RAF Reserve on 21st October 1939 (with seniority back dated to 21st January 1938) but relinquished this commission on appointment to the RAF on the same date and was granted the rank of P/O on probation. He was confirmed in the rank of P/O on 31st October 1940, rising to F/O on an unknown date in 1940 and then to F/Lt on 21st April 1941 (seniority back dated to 21st July 1940) and S/Ldr on 1st September 1941.

I searched for this crash site in September 2006 but failed to find any trace of the aircraft in a boggy area.