ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 87419
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| Date: | Wednesday 21 February 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 616 (South Yorkshire) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K9810 |
| MSN: | 19 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea, 12 miles SSE of Hornsea, East Yorkshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leconfield, East Yorkshire |
Delivered to 66 Squadron as 'RB-S' 31-10-38. To RAE Farnborough 17-4-39. To 19 Squadron as 'WZ-R'. To 616 (South Yorkshire) Squadron 15-11-39 as 'YQ-R'. Written off (destroyed) 21-2-40.
Flight Lt Anthony Wilson went missing in K9810 while leading Blue section of 616 Squadron off Flamborough Head on 21-2-40, aircraft descended through mist to locate the convoy they were covering and was never seen again. Aircraft destroyed. SOC.
The official Air Ministry file on the incident (File AIR 81/92) states "Flight Lieutenant A N Wilson: missing presumed dead; Spitfire K9810 failed to return from an operational flight, 21 February 1940". Most published sources give the crash location as "North Sea, 12 miles south-southeast of Hornsea" [East Yorkshire] as that was the last sighted location of Spitfire K9810.
Crew:
F/Lt (90300) Anthony Neville WILSON (pilot) RAF - killed.
Since no trace of the aircraft or its pilot was ever found, he is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1976 p 79)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/92: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14141914
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1531788/wilson,-anthony-neville/
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p001.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Jan-2011 03:57 | angels one five | Added |
| 25-Dec-2011 10:03 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 12-Jan-2012 00:40 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn] |
| 17-Jan-2012 04:43 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport] |
| 22-Jan-2012 20:20 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 04-Nov-2012 13:39 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Nov-2012 00:19 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 11-Nov-2012 23:46 | angels one five | Updated [Date, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 02-Jun-2013 18:29 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Phase, Nature, Narrative] |
| 23-Oct-2013 09:46 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Source] |
| 02-Jun-2015 10:26 | Coumes | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Apr-2019 05:19 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 06-Jun-2019 02:40 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Feb-2021 05:29 | angels one five | Updated [Location] |
| 07-Jun-2022 18:40 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
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