ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 1745
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| Date: | 20-SEP-1938 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Supermarine Spitfire Mk IA |
| Operator: | 19 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K9792 |
| C/n / msn: | 6 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire |
K9792 - Spitfire Mk.Ia (c/no.6) Allocated to 19 Squadron 29-7-38, but instead loaned to the CFS at RAF Cranwell 30-7-38 for two weeks. Finally delivered for operational service to 19 Squadron at RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire, on 16-8-38
Damaged beyond repair after stub axle of port mainwheel sheared and aircraft flipped on its back whilst landing at RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire. Pilot - Flying Officer Gordon Sinclair RAF - escaped from the aircraft OK.
Said to be the first-ever operational loss of a Spitfire in RAF Service. K9792 - the sixth production Spitfire - had been the second-ever delivery of a Spitfire to the RAF, on 16 August 1938. (K9787, delivered on August 4th, had been the first). The pilot on the delivery flight was Sgt-Plt George Unwin (who later became Wing Commander George Cecil Unwin DSO, DFM & Bar (18 January 1913–28 June 2006))
Damaged airframe reallocated to No. 2 SoTT (School of Technical Training) at RAF Cosford for use as a ground instructional airframe on 30-11-38. Total flying hours 41.35
Sources:
http://www.aviationbanter.com/showthread.php?t=53872
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/peter.spooner3/Spitfire-Operational-History.htm
http://combatace.com/topic/64811-spitfire-mki-no19-sqn-raf-october-1938/
http://www.spitfires.ukf.net/p001.htm
http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?t=77671
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Unwin
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Feb-2008 02:11 | JINX | Added |
| 25-Feb-2008 14:23 | JINX | Updated |
| 25-Sep-2011 20:51 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Dec-2011 03:53 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 05-May-2012 09:12 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-May-2012 00:03 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 29-Oct-2012 02:25 | angels one five | Updated [Date, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Oct-2012 02:25 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
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