Mid-air collision Accident Supermarine Spitfire Mk I K9821,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 1806
 
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Date:Sunday 20 July 1941
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic SPIT model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Supermarine Spitfire Mk I
Owner/operator:57 OTU RAF
Registration: K9821
MSN: 36
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Rossett, North Wales -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Training
Departure airport:RAF Hawarden, Flintshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Destroyed By Fire in crash. Formation flying accident. K9821 piloted by Flt Sgt Ian Ronald Aird Beaton RCAF, in collision with Spitfire K9895 flown by Sgt Russell Joseph Kempling RCAF. Crashed Brookside Farm Rossett, Gresford, North Wales. SOC 20/7/41

Sources:

Wings Across the Border.
Spitfire production list

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
6 October 1939 K9821 19 Sqn RAF 0 Newmarket Heath, Suffolk, England sub
Mid-air collision

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
10-Feb-2008 22:00 JINX Added
11-Feb-2008 04:46 JINX Updated
05-Oct-2010 21:03 angels one five Updated [Operator, Country, Narrative]
09-May-2011 15:08 dee1dav Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative]
30-Aug-2011 03:50 angels one five Updated [Operator, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative]
28-Dec-2011 08:09 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative]
25-Nov-2012 17:36 angels one five Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative]
19-Sep-2013 23:07 angels one five Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative]
27-Jun-2015 13:53 Angel dick one Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
06-Feb-2021 06:01 angels one five Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Narrative]

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