ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 90288
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| Date: | 08-SEP-1939 |
| Time: | ~22:10 |
| Type: | Supermarine Spitfire Mk I |
| Operator: | 602 (City of Glasgow) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K9965 |
| C/n / msn: | 177 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Balerno, 12 km SW of Edinburgh, Lothian -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Abbotsinch, Glasgow |
K9965 Spitfire Mk.Ia (c/no.177). First Flown 5-5-39. Delivered to 602 (City of Glasgow) Squadron at Abbotsinch, Glasgow 10-5-39.
Written off when lost height in turn after night take-off on training flight and flew into ground near Balerno, a suburb of Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, situated 12 kilometres south west of the city centre; pilot Sergeant John Martin Cullen Bryden, RAFVR (802600) was killed
Sergeant Bryden took off at 10.10pm on his first night flight in a Spitfire. He was seen taking off into the darkness, banking at about 500 feet and then the Spitfire dived at full throttle into the ground, creating a fireball visible for miles around.
Formally Struck Off Charge 3-10-39.
Sources:
http://www.spitfires.ukf.net/p001.htm
http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?t=17617
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balerno
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| 18-Feb-2011 15:09 | angels one five | Added |
| 18-Feb-2011 15:12 | angels one five | Updated [Date] |
| 25-Dec-2011 04:55 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 10-Jan-2012 16:05 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location] |
| 13-Jan-2012 01:48 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport] |
| 22-Jan-2012 19:40 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 07-May-2012 08:42 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-May-2012 00:45 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 02-Nov-2012 13:19 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2012 02:58 | angels one five | Updated [Operator] |
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