ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 1838
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| Date: | Wednesday 11 November 1942 |
| Time: | 14:20 |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 8 (C) OTU RAF |
| Registration: | K9857 |
| MSN: | 73 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Fersness Bay, off Isle of Eday -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, |
K9857 - Engine failure, with fire. Probably caused by loss of engine coolant. Pilot baled out into the sea near the Isle of Eday, Orkneys, and picked up by a local trawler, 11.11.1942.
Pilot:
P/O ( Aus405595 ) John Hugh Dixon RAAF - Okay.
Sources:
Air Britain The K File The RAF of the 1930s
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Spitfire production list
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 5 September 1940 | K9857 | 7 OTU RAF | 0 | RAF Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Feb-2008 09:46 | JINX | Added |
| 21-Mar-2008 04:00 | JINX | Updated |
| 13-Aug-2010 05:16 | angels one five | Updated [Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Jan-2012 10:33 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Jan-2012 03:29 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source] |
| 17-Jan-2012 04:32 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source] |
| 23-Jan-2012 13:11 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Feb-2012 03:00 | Nepa | Updated [Registration, Operator, Departure airport, Source] |
| 06-Nov-2012 18:39 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Mar-2013 16:22 | angels one five | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 24-Mar-2013 16:30 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Source] |
| 15-Sep-2013 08:07 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Source] |
| 05-Aug-2014 13:50 | DG333 | Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 25-Sep-2019 02:54 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
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