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| Date: | Thursday 1 December 1938 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 66 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K9816 |
| MSN: | 30 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire, England. -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire |
| RAF Duxford |
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/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 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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