Incident Supermarine Spitfire Mk I K9816,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 1803
 
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Date:Thursday 1 December 1938
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic SPIT model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Supermarine Spitfire Mk I
Owner/operator:66 Sqn RAF
Registration: K9816
MSN: 30
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire, England. -   United Kingdom
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire
Destination airport:RAF Duxford
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Spitfire K9816 (c/no.30): Written off when crash-landed at RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire. 01/12/1938
Pilot survived with minor injuries
24/01/39: Struck off charge as "damaged beyond repair" and scrapped

Sources:

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1976 page 79
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p001.html
3. http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=11359
4. http://homepage.ntlworld.com/peter.spooner3/Spitfire-Operational-History.htm
5. http://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/K9816

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
10-Feb-2008 12:08 JINX Added
05-Jan-2011 01:38 angels one five Updated [Nature, Source, Narrative]
25-Dec-2011 03:58 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative]
06-May-2012 11:08 Dr. John Smith Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
30-May-2012 00:05 Nepa Updated [Operator, Location]
04-Nov-2012 01:47 angels one five Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative]
04-Nov-2012 23:59 angels one five Updated [Aircraft type, Source]
26-Jul-2013 13:48 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
05-Aug-2013 18:06 JINX Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport]
16-Jan-2014 23:33 angels one five Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Nature, Narrative]
09-Jun-2015 08:12 Angel dick one Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Narrative]
23-Jan-2016 15:29 Apen Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative]
15-Feb-2018 08:32 Nepa Updated [Operator]
20-Mar-2018 18:28 Dr. John Smith Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
20-Mar-2018 18:39 Dr. John Smith Updated [Source, Narrative]
06-Feb-2021 05:40 angels one five Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport]

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