ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 22000
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| Date: | Saturday 17 February 1940 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 602 (City of Glasgow) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K9961 |
| MSN: | 178 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | RAF Drem, East Lothian, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| RAF Drem, East Lothian |
The aircraft bounced badly on landing causing the undercarriage to collapse.
Pilot okay.
To Air Service Training for repair, 29/2/40.
The above date of this incident is probably incorrect and should be the 7th of February 1940.
Sources:
Spitfire production list
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 7 February 1940 | K9961 | 602 (City of Glasgow) Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Drem, East Lothian, Scotland | |
sub |
| Bounced on landing | ||||||
| 13 August 1940 | K9961 | 7 OTU RAF | 0 | RAF Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales | |
sub |
| Bounced on landing | ||||||
| 15 May 1942 | K9961 | 6 FPP ATA | 0 | Near RAF Ternhill, Shropshire, England | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Aug-2008 11:31 | Anon. | Added |
| 25-Dec-2011 09:50 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 28-Dec-2011 06:04 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Source] |
| 02-Nov-2012 12:58 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Narrative] |
| 04-Nov-2012 03:24 | angels one five | Updated [Operator] |
| 26-Feb-2014 23:47 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Jun-2015 16:08 | Angel dick one | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport] |
| 07-Feb-2021 05:01 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Location] |
| 14-May-2021 19:18 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 14-May-2021 19:21 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
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