ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 150916
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| Date: | Monday 25 March 1940 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk Ia |
| Owner/operator: | 64 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K9844 |
| MSN: | 56 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Near RAF Church Fenton, North Yorkshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Stn Church Fenton |
On 25 March 1940, Flg Off Alistair John Oswald Jeffrey, a 21-years-old pilot of 64 Sqn, was flying in Spitfire Ia K9844 when he heard a loud crack which proved to be a structural failure in the rear fuselage. He rolled the aircraft over and baled out, landing unhurt. The abandoned Spitfire crashed near Church Fenton.
The Spitfire K9844 was built to contract 527113/36 by Vickers Armstrong's (Supermarine) Ltd at Woolston and first test flown on 12 January 1939. It was delivered to 41 Sqn at Catterick on 16 January 1939. It then transferred to 64 Sqn, based at Church Fenton on 11 March 1940 when the unit started to convert from Blenheim Mk Ifs to Spitfire Mk Ias. It sustained Cat.W/FA damage in the incident detailed above and was struck off charge on 5 April 1940.
Sources:
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p001.html
http://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/yorkshire/york40/k9844.html
http://www.bbm.org.uk/airmen/Jeffrey.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Church_Fenton
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Nov-2012 17:31 | angels one five | Added |
| 17-Jun-2013 17:48 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature, Narrative] |
| 17-Jan-2014 06:22 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Location, Nature] |
| 13-Jun-2015 16:46 | Don Diego | Updated [Operator, Location, Nature] |
| 13-Jul-2017 21:08 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Feb-2021 07:53 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative] |
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