Spitfire P7624 at Catterick airfield.

On the 24th of July 1941 this aircraft overshot on landing at Catterick and hit a gun emplacement at 18.35hrs. It was later repaired.

Spitfire P7624 was destroyed in a fatal crash just south of Catterick airfield on 4th November 1941, detailed on this website.

Pilot - Sgt Denys G Smallbone RAF (1253160), uninjured.

Denys Smallbone was later commissioned (171380) and flew with 118 Squadron in 1945 (when the photograph of him was taken. Post-War he acted as an acted as an instructor for the CFS before leaving the RAF as F/Lt. He migrated to Australia and lived in Port Alvert, Gippsland and joined the Church, becoming Rev. Smallbone in the Anglican Church.