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3080 occurrences in the ASN safety database,showing occurrence 1 - 100
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| 01-JAN-1940 | ||||||||
| 01-JAN-1940 | Lockheed Hudson I | N7232 | 220sqn RAF Thornaby | 20 miles east of St Abbs Head, Berwickshire | ![]() |
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| 01-JAN-1940 | Supermarine Spitfire I | K9924 | 72 Sqn RAF Drem | 0 | RAF Drem, East Lothian | ![]() |
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| 01-JAN-1940 | Handley Page Hampden Mk.I | L4205 | RAF 185 Sqn. | 4 miles N off Cottesmore, Rutland | ![]() |
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| 02-JAN-1940 | Supermarine Spitfire I | K9835 | 41 sqn RAF Catterick | 0 | near RAF Thornaby, North Yorkshire | ![]() |
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| 02-JAN-1940 | Fairey Battle Mk.I | L5277 | RAF 207 Sqn. | Weston Zoyland, Somerset | ![]() |
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| 02-JAN-1940 | Hawker Hurricane Mk.I | L1893 | RAF 80 Sqn. | Amriya | ![]() |
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| 03-JAN-1940 | Bristol Blenheim Mk.I | L8399 | RAF 604 Sqn. | Epping, Essex | ![]() |
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| 03-JAN-1940 | Avro Anson I | N5234 | 502 Sqn RAF Hooton Park | RAF Hooton Park, Cheshire | ![]() |
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| 03-JAN-1940 | Bristol Blenheim Mk.I | L1410 | RAF 18 Sqn. | 1 | Near Raeren, 7km NE of Eupen | ![]() |
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| 04-JAN-1940 | Koolhoven FK-56 | 81 | LuchtvaartAfdeeling (LVA) | near Waalhaven | ![]() |
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| 04-JAN-1940 | Hawker Audax Mk.I | K7457 | RAF 7 FTS | Peterborough, Lincolnshire | ![]() |
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| 04-JAN-1940 | Bristol Blenheim Mk.I | L1466 | RAF 23 Sqn. | Helpston Heath, Peterborough, Lincolnshire | ![]() |
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| 05-JAN-1940 | Fokker G.1A | 306 | LuchtvaartAfdeeling (LVA) | Graft | ![]() |
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| 05-JAN-1940 | Armstrong Whitworth Whitley IV | K9020 | 10 Sqn RAF Dishforth | RAF Dishforth, North Yorkshire | ![]() |
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| 06-JAN-1940 | Avro Anson Mk.I | K6246 | RAF 48 Sqn. | 3 | The Hermitage, St Catherines Down, Niton, Isle of Wight | ![]() |
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| 06-JAN-1940 | Bristol Blenheim Mk.I | L6641 | RAF 254 Sqn. | Scolt Head, nr. Brancaster, Norfolk | ![]() |
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| 07-JAN-1940 | Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IA | L1064 | RAF 609 Sqn. | 0 | Nr. Crook of Alves, Morayshire | ![]() |
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| 07-JAN-1940 | Grunau 9 | LN-FAI | Bergen Aeroklubb | w/o | ||||
| 07-JAN-1940 | Hawker Hurricane Mk.I | L2074 | RAF 11 Grp Pool | Nant-y-Moel, Glamorgan | ![]() |
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| 07-JAN-1940 | Bristol Blenheim Mk.I | L1268 | RAF 145 Sqn. | Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire | ![]() |
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| 07-JAN-1940 | Bristol Blenheim Mk.I | L1214 | RAF 108 Sqn. | Bicester, Oxfordshire | ![]() |
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| 08-JAN-1940 | Hawker Audax Mk.I | K7427 | RAF 11 FTS | Shawbury, Shropshire | ![]() |
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| 08-JAN-1940 | Hawker Audax Mk.I | K5151 | RAF 5 FTS | 1 | Irish Sea, off Isle of Man | ![]() |
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| 08-JAN-1940 | Fairey Battle I | L5367 | No 24 Maintenance Unit RAF Sealand | RAF Sealand, Flintshire | ![]() |
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| 08-JAN-1940 | Supermarine Spitfire I | K9945 | 616 Sqn RAF Leconfield | 0 | RAF Leconfield, East Yorkshire | ![]() |
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| 08-JAN-1940 | Supermarine Spitfire I | K9948 | 616 Sqn, RAF Leconfield | 0 | RAF Church Fenton, North Yorkshire | ![]() |
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| 08-JAN-1940 | Bristol Blenheim Mk.IV | L4854 | RAF 2 SAC | 10 miles SW of Salisbury, Wiltshire | ![]() |
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| 08-JAN-1940 | Bristol Beaufort Mk.I | L4447 | RAF 22 Sqn. | Thorney Island, Hampshire | ![]() |
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| 08-JAN-1940 | Bristol Blenheim Mk.I | L1511 | RAF 219 Sqn. | Nr. Grantham, Lincolnshire | ![]() |
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| 09-JAN-1940 | Hawker Audax Mk.I | K5134 | RAF 12 FTS | 1 mile NW of Grantham, Lincolnshire | ![]() |
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| 09-JAN-1940 | Supermarine Spitfire I | K9933 | 602 Sqn RAF Drem | 0 | RAF Drem, East Lothian | ![]() |
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| 09-JAN-1940 | Miles Magister Mk.I | L5930 | RAF Hucknall | Nr. Uttoxeter, Staffordshire | ![]() |
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| 10-JAN-1940 | Hawker Demon Mk.I | K5685 | RAF 2 FPP | Near Crediton, Devon | ![]() |
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| 10-JAN-1940 | Hawker Audax (India) | K8332 | RAF 3 FTS | 7 miles W of Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire | ![]() |
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| 10-JAN-1940 | General Aircraft ST-25 | G-AEDY | Utility Airways | Hanworth | ![]() |
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| 10-JAN-1940 | Airspeed Oxford I | P1941 | No 2 Ferry Pool RAF Aston Down | RAF Sealand | ![]() |
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| 10-JAN-1940 | Vickers Wellington Mk.I | L4371 | RAF 75 Sqn. | Harwell, Oxfordshire | ![]() |
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| 11-JAN-1940 | Hawker Audax Mk.I | K7385 | RAF 7 FTS | 0 | Peterborough, Lincolnshire | ![]() |
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| 12-JAN-1940 | Gloster Gladiator Mk.I | K7944 | RAF 112 Sqn. | Helwan | ![]() |
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| 12-JAN-1940 | Supermarine Spitfire I | K9847 | 41 Sqn RAF Catterick | 0 | RAF Catterick, North Yorkshire | ![]() |
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| 12-JAN-1940 | Avro Anson Mk.1 | K6317 | RAF 269 Sqn. | 0 | Wick, Caithness | ![]() |
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| 14-JAN-1940 | Fairey Gordon Mk.1 | K2719 | RAF 112 Sqn. | Near Helwan | ![]() |
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| 14-JAN-1940 | Supermarine Spitfire I | L1018 | 602 Sqn RAF Drem | 0 | RAF Drem, East Lothian | ![]() |
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| 15-JAN-1940 | Lockheed Hudson I | N7339 | Coastal Command Pool RAF Silloth | RAF Silloth, Cumberland | ![]() |
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| 15-JAN-1940 | Avro Anson Mk.I | K8819 | RAF SAN | 0 | Castle Carey, Somerset | ![]() |
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| 15-JAN-1940 | Avro Anson Mk.1 | K8712 | RAF SAN | 2 miles S of Eddystone Lighthouse, off Devon | ![]() |
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| 15-JAN-1940 | Avro Anson Mk.1 | K6271 | RAF SAN | 0 | Nr. Barnstaple, Devon | ![]() |
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| 15-JAN-1940 | Lockheed 14-WF62 Super Electra | G-AFMO | British Airways | 0 | Heston | ![]() |
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| 16-JAN-1940 | Fairey Battle I | P2253 | No 5 Group Target Towing Flight | Sigglesthorne Grange near Catfoss, East Yorkshire | ![]() |
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| 16-JAN-1940 | Supermarine Spitfire I | K9928 | 72 Sqn RAF Church Fenton | 0 | RAF Church Fenton, North Yorkshire | ![]() |
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| 16-JAN-1940 | Avro Anson Mk.I | K8833 | RAF 48 Sqn. | ? | w/o | |||
| 16-JAN-1940 | Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IA | K9893 | RAF 152 Sqn. | Boughton, Lincolnshire | ![]() |
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| 16-JAN-1940 | Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IA | K9885 | RAF 152 Sqn. | 8 miles E of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire | ![]() |
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| 16-JAN-1940 | Fairey Battle Mk.I | L5348 | RAF 266 Sqn. | East Kirby, Nottinghamshire | ![]() |
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| 16-JAN-1940 | Bristol Beaufort Mk.I | L4446 | RAF 22 Sqn. | Off Fort Blockhouse, Gosport, Hampshire | ![]() |
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| 17-JAN-1940 | Airspeed Oxford I | P6803 | No 5 Service Flying Training School RAF Sealand | Tarporley, Cheshire | ![]() |
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| 18-JAN-1940 | Hawker Audax Mk.I | K5137 | RAF 7 FTS | Dorrington, Lincolnshire | ![]() |
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| 18-JAN-1940 | Fairey Battle Mk.I | L5065 | RAF 7 BGS | Nr. Cardiff, Glamorgan | ![]() |
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| 18-JAN-1940 | Hawker Hurricane Mk.I | L2066 | RAF 43 Sqn. | 1 | Red Row, Broomhill, Northumberland | ![]() |
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| 18-JAN-1940 | Hawker Hurricane Mk.I | L1867 | RAF 501 Sqn. | Tangmere, Sussex | ![]() |
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| 18-JAN-1940 | Hawker Hurricane Mk.I | L1734 | RAF 43 Sqn. | 1 | Red Row, near Broomhill, Northumberland | ![]() |
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| 19-JAN-1940 | Bristol Blenheim Mk.I | L6645 | RAF 29 Sqn. | Debden, Essex | ![]() |
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| 19-JAN-1940 | Blackburn Roc Mk.I | L3060 | RAE | Farnborough, Hampshire | ![]() |
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| 19-JAN-1940 | Bristol Blenheim Mk.I | L1469 | RAF 64 Sqn. | Nr. Sherburn-in-Elmet, Yorkshire | ![]() |
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| 21-JAN-1940 | de Havilland DH.84 Dragon | VH-URW | Mandated Airlines | 2 | Wau | ![]() |
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| 21-JAN-1940 | Miles Magister Mk.I | L8165 | RAF SAC | Old Sarum, Wiltshire | ![]() |
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| 22-JAN-1940 | Lockheed 14-WF62 Super Electra | PK-AFO | KNILM | 8 | Denpasar; off | ![]() |
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| 22-JAN-1940 | Airspeed Oxford Mk.I | L4611 | RAF 5 FTS | Sealand, Flintshire | ![]() |
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| 23-JAN-1940 | Airspeed Oxford Mk.I | L4669 | RAF 8 FTS | North Sea, off Montrose, Angus | ![]() |
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| 24-JAN-1940 | Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IA | K9811 | RAF 19 Sqn. | 0 | Clare, Suffolk | ![]() |
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| 25-JAN-1940 | de Havilland DH.90 Dragonfly | G-AESW | No 6 Anti Aircraft Cooperation Unit RAF Ringway | RAF Ringway, Cheshire | ![]() |
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| 25-JAN-1940 | Fairey Swordfish I | P4223 | 751 Sqn RNAS Ford | 1 | Heydon Head near Holme Moss, Peak District | ![]() |
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| 25-JAN-1940 | Supermarine Spitfire I | N3025 | 609 Sqn RAF Drem | 0 | RAF Drem, East Lothian | ![]() |
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| 25-JAN-1940 | Hawker Henley Mk.I | L3269 | RAF 1 AAS | Gringley-on-the-Hill, Nottinghamshire | ![]() |
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| 25-JAN-1940 | Bristol Blenheim Mk.I | L1280 | RAF 57 Sqn. | 3 | Delfzijl | ![]() |
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| 26-JAN-1940 | Hawker Audax Mk.I | K7492 | RAF 11 FTS | Cheswardine, Staffordshire | ![]() |
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| 26-JAN-1940 | Supermarine Spitfire I | L1006 | 610 Sqn RAF Wittering | 0 | 10 miles from RAF Driffield, East Yorkshire | ![]() |
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| 29-JAN-1940 | Hawker Hurricane Mk.I | L1984 | RAF 56 Sqn. | Playford, Suffolk | ![]() |
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| 30-JAN-1940 | Ford 4 | NC5092 | White Pass Airways | 0 | Carcross | ![]() |
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| 30-JAN-1940 | Heinkel He.111 H-2 | Wk nr? | 4th Staffel II/KG26 Westerland | 4 | North Sea, 5 miles E of Coquet Island, Northumberland | ![]() |
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| 31-JAN-1940 | de Havilland DH.89a Dragon Rapide | X9448 | No 6 Anti Aircraft Cooperation Unit RAF Ringway | RAF Ringway, Cheshire | ![]() |
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| 31-JAN-1940 | Bristol Blenheim Mk.I | L6614 | RAF 222 Sqn. | Nr. Royston, Hertfordshire | ![]() |
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| 01-FEB-1940 | Hawker Hurricane Mk.I | L1907 | RAF 3 Sqn. | ? | w/o | |||
| 02-FEB-1940 | Avro Anson I | N5199 | 608 Sqn RAF Thornaby | 6 miles off Blyth, Northumberland | ![]() |
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| 03-FEB-1940 | Handley Page Harrow Mk.I | K6948 | RAF 8 BGS | 0 | Evanton, Ross & Cromarty | ![]() |
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| 03-FEB-1940 | Heinkel He111H-3 | Wk nr ? | Luftwaffe KG26 Schleswig | 0 | 15 miles E of Tynemouth, Northumberland | ![]() |
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| 03-FEB-1940 | Heinkel He111H-3 | Wk nr ? | KG26 Schleswig | off Druridge Bay, Northumberland | ![]() |
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| 03-FEB-1940 | Heinkel He111H-2 | Wk nr ? | 3rd Staffel I/KG26 Schleswig | 4 | Druridge Bay near Amble, Northumberland | ![]() |
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| 03-FEB-1940 | Heinkel He111H-3 | Wk nr 3232 | 4th Staffel II/KG26 Schleswig | 2 | Bannial Flatt Farm near Whitby, North Yorkshire | ![]() |
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| 03-FEB-1940 | Heinkel He111H-3 | Wk nr ? | 2nd Staffel I/KG26 Schleswig | 2 | 15 miles east of Tynemouth, Northumberland | ![]() |
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| 03-FEB-1940 | Supermarine Spitfire IA | K9975 | 602 Sqn Drem | 0 | RAF Acklington. Northumberland | ![]() |
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| 05-FEB-1940 | Blackburn Baffin. | NZ152. | RNZAF. | 3 | In sea about 500 yards off Waimairi Beach, Christchurch. | ![]() |
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| 05-FEB-1940 | Hawker Audax Mk.I | K7473 | RAF 8 FTS | 1 | Thorter Hill, Fettercairn, Kincardine | ![]() |
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| 05-FEB-1940 | Hawker Audax Mk.I | K7311 | RAF 14 FTS | Kinloss, Morayshire | ![]() |
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| 06-FEB-1940 | Avro Anson Mk.I | K8746 | RAF 217 Sqn. | 3 | Off Bishop's Rock | ![]() |
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| 06-FEB-1940 | Taylorcraft Plus C | G-AFVU | Maylands | ![]() |
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| 06-FEB-1940 | Hawker Henley Mk.I | L3314 | RAF 1 AACU | Weston Super Mare, Somerset | ![]() |
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| 07-FEB-1940 | Gloster Gladiator Mk.I | K6137 | RAF 607 Sqn. | 0 | Near St. Inglevert | ![]() |
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| 07-FEB-1940 | Supermarine Spitfire I | K9961 | 602 Sqn RAF Drem | 0 | RAF Drem, East Lothian | ![]() |
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