Spitfire N3236 at Catterick airfield.

On the 13th of September 1941 this aircraft was force-landed on Catterick airfield but the pilot was unable to prevent the aircraft overshooting and it being damaged. Further details regarding this incident are not yet known but the aircraft was never fully repaired and went on to become instructional airframe 2826M.

Pilot - Sgt Anthony R H Maynard RAFVR (1376087), of Ebberston, North Yorkshire. Slightly injured.

Anthony Maynard was local to where I live, my wife grew up in the same village of Ebberston but it seems likely that at the time of his death his parents were living in the neighbouring village of Allerston as he is listed on Pickering War Memorial in the Allerston section. He was made emergency P/O on probation on 5th March 1942. F/O Maynard (117995) was lost on 22nd November 1942 flying with 185 Squadron in Malta. He was flying Spitfire EP696 which was shot down by a Bf109 over Sicily and the aircraft crashed into the sea. He was 22 years old and is commemerated on the Malta Memorial.