ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 87251
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| Date: | Tuesday 10 January 1939 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 19 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K9794 |
| MSN: | 8 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Digby, Scopwick, Lincolnshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire |
| RAF Digby, Scopwick, Lincolnshire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Supermarine Spitfire K9794 (c/no. 8 - the 8th production Spitfire)
18/08/38: Delivered to 19 Squadron, RAF Duxford. Known to have been frequently flown by the Commanding Officer of 19 Squadron, Sqn/Leader H.I. Cozens (see link #2). Coded "WZ-T" from October 1938; During the Munich crisis of 1938, 19 Squadron prepared for a potential war by toning down the national markings - specifically the roundels - to the "National Marking I" scheme consisting of the Red/Blue roundel in 4 positions on the top of the wings and sides of the fuselage. Additionally, the undersides were painted Night (Black)/White, but due to balance concerns the ailerons and elevators remained Aluminum Dope. K9794 was delivered, and probably operated its entire career, with a Merlin II engine fitted with the two-blade fixed pitch propeller. It had the original pole radio aerial mast for the HF TR9D radio.
10/01/39: Undercarriage struck a fence on overshoot and subsequently collapsed on landing at RAF Digby, Lincolnshire. Although K9794 was frequently the "C. O's kite" (as per link #2) on the occasion of its crash, the pilot was F/O R. Marples (see link #3).
18/04/39: Struck off charge as Cat. E (total time on airframe 36.35 hours)
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1973 page 79)
2. https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205200022
3. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?14386-Spitfire-K9794
4. http://greenshirt-modeler.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/early-spitfire-mk-i-k9794-wz-t-19.html
5. http://spitfiresite.com/2013/08/spitfire-into-service-with-no-19-squadron.html
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p001.html
7. http://www.raf-lincolnshire.info/digby/digby_crashes.htm
8. http://www.bcar.org.uk/1930s-incident-logs#1939
Media:
Spitfire K9794 of 19 Squadron, RAF Duxford, September 1938:
RAF FIGHTER COMMAND © IWM (CH 19) Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Jan-2011 23:43 | angels one five | Added |
| 25-Dec-2011 04:16 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
| 10-Jan-2012 15:10 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location] |
| 13-Jan-2012 02:00 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature] |
| 22-Jan-2012 19:08 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 05-May-2012 10:32 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-May-2012 10:35 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 30-May-2012 00:06 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 04-Nov-2012 03:34 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Aug-2013 14:57 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 29-May-2014 00:58 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Nature] |
| 08-Jun-2015 18:05 | Angel dick one | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
| 18-Nov-2015 07:03 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 07-Jan-2016 20:21 | Victor | Updated [Operator] |
| 23-Jan-2016 15:30 | Apen | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Feb-2018 17:44 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 22-Mar-2018 19:36 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 09-May-2023 16:46 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [[Time, Cn, Source, Embed code, Narrative]] |
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