Spitfire K9844 at (or near) Catterick airfield.

On the 22nd of November 1939 this aircraft is believed to have suffered damage at or near to the airfield at Catterick but nothing more is known about the incident.

Spitfire K9844w was built to contract 527113/36 by Vickers Armstrongs (Supermarine) Ltd at Woolston and the aircraft first flew on 12th January 1939. It was delivered to 41 Squadron at Catterick on 16th January 1939 and it moved with unit to Wick on 19th October 1939. 41 Squadron returned to Catterick on 25th October 1939 and it returned with them. Following the incident above it appears not to have been recorded but it must have suffered minor damage, put at Cat. M/FA. It was repaired on site and returned to the unit. It later transferred to 64 Squadron at Church Fenton on 11th March 1940 and was written off with Cat. W/FA damage recorded on 25th March 1940 when it was abandoned after control was lost and crashed near Church Fenton. It was struck of charge on 5th April 1940.

Pilot - P/O Bernard G Piddocke RAF (70813), of Wooler, Northumberland. Uninjured.