ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 87260
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| Date: | Friday 6 October 1939 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 19 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K9821 |
| MSN: | 36 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Newmarket Heath, Suffolk, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire |
| RAF Duxford, Cambridegshire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
K9821 Spitfire Mk I (c/no.36). First Flown 2-12-38. To 19 Squadron at Duxford 5-12-38. Substantially damaged in a mid-air collision with another 19 Squadron Spitfire (K9854) and forced-landed at Newmarket Heath, Suffolk, 6-10-39.
Flying accident Cat.C
29-5-40: Returned to the RAF at 54MU. FACE (?) 2-7-40. AST. To 57 OTU RAF Hawarden, Cheshire, 14-11-40.
Records of 57 OTU for July 1941 show Spitfire K9821 crashed on the 20-7-41 in the Wrexham area after colliding with another Spitfire of 57 OTU, K9895.
Struck Off Charge 20-7-41
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1976 page 79)
2. Photo of accident at Spitfire: A Photographic Biography By Dilip Sarkar
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p001.html
3. http://minerahistory.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=mineragwynfryn&thread=1170&page=2
4. http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=32991
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 July 1941 | K9821 | 57 OTU RAF | 1 | Rossett, North Wales | |
w/o |
| Mid-air collision | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Jan-2011 02:22 | angels one five | Added |
| 06-Jan-2011 20:05 | angels one five | Updated [Location, Departure airport] |
| 25-Nov-2011 12:40 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 25-Dec-2011 05:57 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 10-Jan-2012 16:17 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 13-Jan-2012 09:27 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Phase, Departure airport] |
| 22-Jan-2012 19:46 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 07-May-2012 12:14 | 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 00:32 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 05-Nov-2012 00:02 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Jan-2014 23:51 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 08-Jun-2015 18:09 | Angel dick one | Updated [Operator, Destination airport] |
| 01-May-2018 15:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Feb-2021 05:51 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
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