ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 22022
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| Date: | Monday 8 January 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 616 (South Yorkshire) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K9945 |
| MSN: | 158 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | RAF Leconfield, near Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leconfield, East Yorkshire |
| RAF Leconfield |
Hit a fence on approach and tipped up. Pilot OK.
This would have been a training flight as 616 Sqn was not declared operational and the first war patrol flown until the 11th of January.
Repaired at AST and returned to service.
SOC 30/6/43.
Sources:
Spitfire production list
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 October 1940 | K9945 | 7 OTU RAF | 0 | RAF Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales | |
sub |
| 1 June 1943 | K9945 | 58 OTU RAF | 0 | Near RAF Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, Scotland | |
w/o |
| Gear-up landing | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Aug-2008 11:36 | Anon. | Added |
| 04-Jan-2011 21:46 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 25-Dec-2011 06:12 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 10-Jan-2012 02:24 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature] |
| 10-Jan-2012 10:41 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport] |
| 12-Jan-2012 00:20 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Nature] |
| 13-Jan-2012 01:57 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Nature, Departure airport] |
| 02-Nov-2012 02:13 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 02-Jun-2013 18:28 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location] |
| 26-Sep-2013 04:15 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Oct-2013 04:46 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location] |
| 21-Oct-2013 23:38 | angels one five | Updated [Operator] |
| 19-Feb-2014 21:40 | JINX | Updated [Operator] |
| 23-Feb-2014 18:04 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 26-Feb-2014 23:27 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 02-Jun-2015 10:21 | Boile A. | Updated [Operator, Departure airport] |
| 24-Jan-2016 09:22 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 15-Feb-2018 07:58 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 07-Feb-2021 04:18 | angels one five | Updated [Nature] |
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