Gear-up landing Incident Supermarine Spitfire Mk I K9945,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 1917
 
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Date:Tuesday 1 June 1943
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic SPIT model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Supermarine Spitfire Mk I
Owner/operator:58 OTU RAF
Registration: K9945
MSN: 158
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Near RAF Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, Scotland -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Training
Departure airport:RAF Grangemouth, Stirlingshire
Destination airport:RAF Grangemouth
Narrative:
Destroyed in a belly landing after running out of fuel.
Declared Cat.E
SOC 30/6/43.

Sources:

Air-Britain The K File The RAF of the 1930s
http://www.spitfires.ukf.net/index.htm
Spitfire Production List.

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
8 January 1940 K9945 616 (South Yorkshire) Sqn RAF 0 RAF Leconfield, near Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England sub
24 October 1940 K9945 7 OTU RAF 0 RAF Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales sub

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
13-Feb-2008 09:53 JINX Added
20-Mar-2008 16:12 JINX Updated
27-Jan-2011 03:00 angels one five Updated [Total occupants, Nature, Source, Narrative]
01-Jan-2012 11:14 Nepa Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
05-Jan-2012 00:52 angels one five Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
09-Jan-2012 06:40 Nepa Updated [Operator, Location, Source]
02-Nov-2012 02:13 angels one five Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative]
22-Jul-2013 20:15 JINX Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Source]
12-Sep-2013 02:19 angels one five Updated [Operator]
16-Jul-2015 19:43 Angel dick five Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source]
07-Feb-2021 04:22 angels one five Updated [Time, Location, Destination airport, Narrative]

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