Date:	Monday 30 September 1940
Time:	day
Type:	Hawker Hurricane Mk I
Owner/operator:	274 Sqn RAF
Registration:	L1669
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF El Amiriya, 16 km SSW of Alexandria -   Egypt
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:	RAF Amriya, Alexandria, Egypt

Narrative:
L1669 was the first Hurricane to be fitted with a tropical air filter and after evaluation by No. 80 Squadron RAF, flew operationally with No. 274 Squadron RAF in Egypt, with whom it became known as "Collie's battleship". It finally crashed on undershooting a landing at RAF El Amiriya, 16 km SSW of Alexandria on 30 September 1940.

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-L9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1979)
2. A History of the Mediterranean Air War 1940–1945: North Africa By Christopher Shores, Giovanni Massimello, Russell Guest
3. https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205126842
4. https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/gregersfr/first-hurrican-doubt-l1669-more-to-come-t7669.html
5. http://wpalette.com/en/pictures/32675
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_El_Amiriya

Hurricane Mark I, L1669, at the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment, Martlesham Heath, Suffolk, in 1939, shortly before being shipped to Sudan for tropical trials. AIRCRAFT OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE 1939-1945: HURRICANE MARK I (HAWKER) © IWM (MH 5746)

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
03-Mar-2008 00:04	JINX	Added
06-Jan-2012 08:17	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Total occupants]
25-May-2019 00:59	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative]