Spitfire K9845 at Catterick aerodrome.
On 3rd April 1939 this 41 Squadron aeroplane appears to have been damaged at Catterick aerodrome when the undercarriage either collapsed or it was belly landed in error. No Am Form 1180 is available for the incident and it is not recorded in the squadron record book.
Pilot - Name unknown.
This may be the incident that F/O John Terence Webster RAF (37436) was involved, which was a belly landing at Catterick, but the aeroplane's identity is not known. The photographs shown below apparently show one aeroplane from two angles and is believed to have been the one damaged by Webster at Catterick. If these photographs are of a different mishap at Catterick, or relate to two different but similar incidents I would love to learn of any correction I need to make.
Spitfire K9845 was built to contract 527113/36 by Vickers Armstrong's (Supermarine) Ltd. at Woolston and was taken on charge by 41 Squadron at Catterick on 22nd January 1939. On 3rd April 1939 it crashed ar Catterick. Cat.W/FA damage was the damage assessment but it was then converted into Ground Instructional Airframe 1479M and was transported to Locking on 15th May 1939.