ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 89170
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| Date: | Friday 30 June 1939 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 72 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K9937 |
| MSN: | 149 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Church Fenton, North Yorkshire, England. -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Church Fenton |
| RAF Church Fenton | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Supermarine Spitfire K9937 (c/n 149 - 149th production Spitfire).
17/04/39: First Flown at Eastleigh, Southampton, Hampshire
19/04/39: Delivered to 72 Squadron at RAF Church Fenton, North Yorkshire. Coded 'SD-B'.
30/06/39: Written off when braked to avoid overshooting and tipped up onto its nose at RAF Church Fenton
21/07/39: Struck Off Charge and 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/K9937
4. 41 Squadron ORB (Operations Record Book - Air Ministry Form 540): http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8453473
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Jan-2011 22:27 | angels one five | Added |
| 25-Dec-2011 04:26 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 10-Jan-2012 15:21 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location] |
| 10-Jan-2012 15:21 | angels one five | Updated [[Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location]] |
| 15-Jan-2012 02:02 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature, Destination airport] |
| 15-Jan-2012 02:30 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 22-Jan-2012 19:18 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Destination airport] |
| 05-May-2012 11:51 | 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 00:20 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 02-Nov-2012 02:13 | angels one five | Updated [Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Nov-2012 16:50 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 27-May-2013 20:46 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature] |
| 09-Jun-2013 09:39 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 05-Aug-2013 18:07 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
| 18-Aug-2013 13:07 | angels one five | Updated [Operator] |
| 02-Mar-2015 18:26 | King | Updated [Operator, Departure airport] |
| 19-Apr-2015 22:27 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Nature, Narrative] |
| 29-May-2015 06:49 | Angel dot comma | Updated [Operator, Nature] |
| 23-Jan-2016 14:27 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 16-Feb-2018 17:46 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 29-Mar-2018 21:36 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Feb-2021 01:05 | angels one five | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
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