Spitfire X4662 near Hotham, Market Weighton.
On the 6th of April 1941 this aircraft was force-landed near Hotham in a ploughed field, the pilot was not injured and was able to exit his airrcaft and telephone his base
from a farm near to his position. Nothing more is known. 485 Squadron were formed at Driffield in early March 1941 and were working up to being fully operational for the weeks after formation. It was
crewed with many New Zealand nationals.
The aircraft was repaired and written off in a crash in Yorkshrie later in the year.
Pilot - P/O Richard Barrett RNZAF (391324), uninjured.
Eleven days after this incident the pilot belly landed another Spitfire at Driffield airfield. F/Lt Barrett was killed flying Mustang FX993
with 65 Squadron on 17th May 1944. He is buried in Frederikshavn Cemetery, Denmark and was 24 years old.