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Date: | Saturday 1 June 1940 |
Time: | |
Type: | Supermarine Spitfire Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 616 (South Yorkshire) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | K9948 |
MSN: | 161 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | English Channel off Dunkirk -
France
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Rochford Essex |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:K9948 Spitfire Mk.Ia (c/no.161). First Flown 26-4-39. Delivered to 66 Squadron 28-4-39. To 74 Squadron and coded 'JH-H' 2-5-39. To 616 (South Yorkshire) Squadron 11-11-39.
Failed To Return on operations 1-6-40: Ditched after attacking 8 Bf.109s. Pilot (Flying Officer J.S. Bell) strafed but unharmed and rescued by RN ship. Total flying hours 244.5
Sources:
Squadron Operation Book, National Archive *Air Britain The K File The RAF of the 1930s
http://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/yorkshire/york40/k9948.html
http://www.redtwo.plus.com/616/personnela_d.htm
http://web.archive.org/web/20120512012136/http://www.thesoutheastecho.co.uk/Squadrons/616_squadron.htm
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
8 January 1940 |
K9948 |
616 (South Yorkshire) Sqn RAF |
0 |
RAF Church Fenton, Yorkshire, England. |
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Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
13-Feb-2008 10:30 |
JINX |
Added |
13-Mar-2008 02:29 |
wedge |
Updated |
28-Mar-2008 23:27 |
JINX |
Updated |
25-Dec-2011 15:30 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source] |
17-Jan-2012 04:17 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source] |
06-May-2012 15:38 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
30-May-2012 00:51 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator] |
04-Nov-2012 20:20 |
angels one five |
Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |