Incident Supermarine Spitfire Mk I K9808,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 1794
 
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Date:Monday 28 November 1938
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic SPIT model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Supermarine Spitfire Mk I
Owner/operator:19 Sqn RAF
Registration: K9808
MSN: 15
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Egmere, 3 miles west of Walsingham, Norfolk, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Training
Departure airport:RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Supermarine Spitfire Mk I K9808 (c/n 15 = 15th production Spitfire)
18/10/38: Delivered to 19 Squadron at RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire.
28/11/38: Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed in a forced landing at Egmere, 3 miles west of Walsingham, Norfolk. Pilot survived.
22/01/39: Struck off charge (SOC) as declared to have been damaged beyond economic repair.
09/03/39: Re-assigned for ground instructional use. To No. 2 School of Technical Training RAF, Cosford as 1238M.

Sources:

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Brtiain, 1976 page 79)
2. http://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/K9808
3. http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=11359
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p001.html

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
10-Feb-2008 09:46 JINX Added
05-Jan-2011 00:02 angels one five Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative]
25-Dec-2011 03:56 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative]
06-May-2012 10:29 Dr. John Smith Updated [Operator, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
30-May-2012 00:04 Nepa Updated [Operator]
04-Nov-2012 16:38 angels one five Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative]
25-Nov-2012 16:30 angels one five Updated [Source, Narrative]
22-Jul-2013 20:13 JINX Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
01-Aug-2013 20:07 Nepa Updated [Operator]
23-Sep-2013 12:40 angels one five Updated [Operator, Narrative]
14-Oct-2013 04:43 JINX Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative]
18-Dec-2013 18:15 Nepa Updated [Operator]
16-Jan-2014 23:16 angels one five Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Nature, Narrative]
05-Apr-2015 08:13 Jixn Updated [Operator, Departure airport]
23-Jan-2016 15:28 Apen Updated [Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Source]
16-Feb-2018 17:43 Nepa Updated [Operator]
19-Mar-2018 22:26 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
19-Apr-2019 05:46 angels one five Updated [Location, Narrative]
06-Feb-2021 05:02 angels one five Updated [Narrative]
07-Jun-2022 18:33 angels one five Updated [Narrative]

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