Spitfire W3604 at Leconfield airfield.
During the afternoon of 22nd December 1941 this 610 Squadron was flown on a circuits and landings training exercise at Leconfield airfield. At dusk and while on the approach to land at 17.30hrs the pilot held off too high, the resulting landing, with drift and in a slight crosswind was heavy. The undercarriage collapsed when the aircraft swung off the runway.
Pilot - Sgt W M Jackson RCAF (R/71708).