ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 89156
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| Date: | Thursday 27 July 1939 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 65 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K9913 |
| MSN: | 124 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Hornchurch, Essex, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hornchurch, Essex |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Supermarine Spitfire Mk I K9913 (c/n 124 - 124th production Spitfire)
25/03/39: First Flown at Eastleigh, Southampton, Hampshire.
26/03/39: Delivered to RAF Hornchurch, Essex for 65 Squadron, coded 'FZ-L'.
27/07/39: Written off (damaged beyond repair) when undercarriage raised prematurely on take-off, aircraft settled on the ground on its belly at RAF Hornchurch, Essex.
18/08/39: Re-assigned to ground instructional use. To 1632M at 5 SoTT on 12-8-39.
15/03/44: Finally Struck Off Charge and reduced to produce (scrapped).
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 )James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1976 page 79)
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p001.html
3. http://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/K9913
4. http://disc.yourwebapps.com/discussion.cgi?disc=105008;article=10716;
5. http://nwamuseum.co.uk/IncidentsWestEssexto2000-1.pdf?ckattempt=1
6. http://www.nwamuseum.co.uk/WESTESSEXcrashesMishaps3WW2.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Jan-2011 16:51 | angels one five | Added |
| 25-Dec-2011 04:43 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 10-Jan-2012 15:33 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator] |
| 15-Jan-2012 02:15 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature] |
| 22-Jan-2012 19:28 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 06-May-2012 12:12 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-May-2012 00:36 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 02-Nov-2012 00:51 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-May-2013 05:57 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location] |
| 09-Jun-2013 09:42 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 10-Oct-2013 06:15 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
| 18-Dec-2013 18:24 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Nature] |
| 02-Mar-2015 18:30 | Lorenzo Lamas | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport] |
| 10-Mar-2015 05:04 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 02-Jun-2015 14:12 | Newton | Updated [Operator, Departure airport] |
| 02-Jun-2015 14:28 | Jixn | Updated [Location] |
| 24-Jan-2016 06:20 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 15-Feb-2018 08:17 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 31-Mar-2018 21:06 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 19-Apr-2019 05:49 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 04-Oct-2019 10:09 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 06-Feb-2021 22:55 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 21-Jul-2022 13:03 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Operator] |
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