ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 87252
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| Date: | Tuesday 18 July 1939 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 602 (City of Glasgow) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K9971 |
| MSN: | 185 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Church Fenton, Yorkshire, England. -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Abbotsinch, Glasgow |
| RAF Church Fenton,Yorkshire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Supermarine Spitfire K9971 (c/n 185 - 185th production Spitfire)
11/05/39: First Flown at Eastleigh, Southampton, Hampshire
18/05/39: Delivered to RAF Abbotsinch, for 602 (City of Glasgow) Squadron.
18/07/39: Overshot landing at RAF Church Fenton, North Yorkshire, skidded on wet ground, and hit a hedge.
00/08/39: Struck Off Charge & reduced to produce (scrapped).
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1976, page 80)
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p001.html
3. http://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/K9971
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Jan-2011 23:53 | angels one five | Added |
| 25-Dec-2011 04:41 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 10-Jan-2012 15:31 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 15-Jan-2012 02:12 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature] |
| 22-Jan-2012 19:26 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 06-May-2012 11:50 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-May-2012 00:34 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 04-Nov-2012 16:58 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
| 12-Oct-2013 20:51 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 14-Nov-2013 07:02 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location] |
| 17-Nov-2013 05:28 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location] |
| 17-Dec-2013 17:28 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 01-Mar-2014 22:49 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 19-Apr-2015 22:30 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Nature] |
| 29-May-2015 10:55 | Angel dot comma | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
| 23-Jan-2016 14:31 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Destination airport] |
| 26-Mar-2016 20:24 | SIS07 | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Nature, Narrative] |
| 31-Mar-2018 21:12 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Mar-2018 21:14 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 07-Feb-2021 19:19 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 15-Apr-2022 09:17 | JINX | Updated [Operator] |
| 05-Jul-2022 10:50 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
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