Fg Off Beaumont in L1095, having remembered to put his wheels down, made a very heavy landing and smashed both undercarriage legs, the port wing and the propellor! Plt Off Bisdee was detailed for night flying and the odds on another pile up were pretty high however he landed quite safely… on the fourth attempt.
These flying accidents were not rare. 609’s pilots at this time were still relative novices on the Spitfire, most of them had only converted from biplanes just before the war started the previous September and combat experience was sorely lacking too, indeed non-existent.