Unidentified incident at Catterick airfield.
On 24th December 1940 this 600 Squadron member of ground crew died as a result of a ground accident in a hanger at Catterick airfield involving a 600 Squadron aircraft. He died as a result of being struck by bullets. The identity of the aircraft involved is not yet known. It may well be that the guns had been removed from the aircraft. The AIR81 casualty file in the National Archives does not give any more details.
LAC Derek John Ling RAFVR (937983), aged 27, of Putney, London. Buried Romsley Churchyard, Worcestershire.