On the 23rd February 1940 this pilot flew this Spitfire to Thornaby, on the 24th he practiced low levelled attacks in the same aircraft and whilst landing back at Thornaby the aircraft tipped up onto its nose damaging it slightly. The pilot was uninjured but did no flying until the 26th February when he flew back to Catterick in Magister K8296. His next flight in a Spitfire was on the 27th in EB-D. The aircraft damaged at Thornaby was later repaired and returned to service.

The aircraft was built to contract 527113/36 by Supermarine at Woolston and delivered to 41 Sqdn in October 1938. Following this Cat R/FA it was repaired and returned to service to be transferred at an unspecified date to 611 Sqdn and then back to 41 Sqdn. It was transferred to 61 OTU from where it was transported to works and converted to a Mk. VA. and then issued to 164 Sqdn, moving later to 602 Sqdn. It had a short spell with the USAAF 82nd FG before moving to 61 OTU and then 288 Sqdn where it's record ends, its ultimate fate is not known.

Pilot - P/O Bernard Gregory "Greg" Piddocke RAF, ok.

Greg Piddocke was born in Wooler in 1919 and joined 41 sqdn on 20 March 1939, he had the misfortune to damage Spitfire K9844 at Catterick on 22nd November 1939 in a taxying accident. He left the squadron on 17th October 1940 and transferred to being an ATA ferry pilot at White Waltham on 13 November 1940. He survived the War and later moved to Cairns, Queensland, Australia where he still lives in retirement in his late 80's.