Incident Supermarine Spitfire Mk I K9791,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 1744
 
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Date:Saturday 17 August 1940
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic SPIT model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Supermarine Spitfire Mk I
Owner/operator:PRU RAF
Registration: K9791
MSN: 5
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Ruhr -   Germany
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Heston
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Missing on sortie over Ruhr.

Pilot:
Flt/Sgt. J.D.T. Taylor-Gill RAF PoW No.233.

Sources:

Air Britain The K File The RAF of the 1930s
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=11373
https://www.luftwaffe-experten.org/forums/index.php?app=forums&module=forums&controller=topic&id=310

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
09-Feb-2008 01:58 JINX Added
23-Jun-2008 20:51 JINX Updated
28-Dec-2011 13:09 Nepa Updated [Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
07-May-2012 16:42 Dr. John Smith Updated [Location, Country, Source]
06-Nov-2012 01:48 angels one five Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative]

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