Spitfire AD561 (probably) damaged at Scorton airfield.
There is an AIR81 casualty file in the National Archives that relates to an incident on 11th February 1942 involving Spitfire AD561 with 122 Squadron in the darlington area that saw an airman injured. 122 Squadron were based at Scorton airfield at the time. There record book states that it arrived at the squadron on 7th February 1942 from 37 MU at Burtonwood. It makes no reference to it being flown by them at all in the coming days but on 15th February 1942 it was despatched to Air Service Training Ltd at Hamble. Exactly what happened is unclear and I need to view the casualty file. It was probably some form of ground accident at Scorton airfield. There was no Sgt Smith serving as a pilot at the squadron at this time either.
Pilot - Sgt J Smith. Injured.