Accident Supermarine Spitfire Mk I K9986,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 90297
 
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Date:Wednesday 6 September 1939
Time:night
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: K9986
MSN: 200
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire, England. -   United Kingdom
Phase: Approach
Nature:Training
Departure airport:RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire
Destination airport:RAF Duxford
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Spitfire K9986: Crashed during a night circuit, RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire. 06/09/1939
Crew:
P/O (40315) Douglas George Brenchin Paton (pilot) RAF: killed

Spitfire K9986: Struck off charge & reduced to produce (scrapped).18/09/1939

Sources:

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1976 page 81)
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p001.html
3. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939a.htm
4. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?2925-Spitfire-K9968
5. http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=28728
6. http://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/search?serial=K9986&model=&factory=&engine=¬es=
7. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2651945/paton,-douglas-george-brenchin/

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
18-Feb-2011 16:11 angels one five Added
25-Dec-2011 04:52 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Narrative]
22-Jan-2012 19:35 angels one five Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
07-May-2012 08:30 Dr. John Smith Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
30-May-2012 00:40 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location]
30-May-2012 00:40 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type]
29-Oct-2012 12:16 angels one five Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Phase, Source, Narrative]
09-Jun-2013 09:57 angels one five Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative]
09-Jun-2013 10:15 angels one five Updated [[Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative]]
26-Jun-2013 19:01 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location]
14-Oct-2013 16:31 JINX Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative]
08-Nov-2013 22:53 angels one five Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
08-Nov-2013 22:54 angels one five Updated [Operator]
09-Jun-2015 08:20 Angel dick one Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
20-Apr-2018 19:48 Dr. John Smith Updated [Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
01-May-2018 11:57 Dr. John Smith Updated [Source]
07-Feb-2021 05:55 angels one five Updated [Narrative]

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