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| Date: | Saturday 3 February 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 602 (City of Glasgow) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K9975 |
| MSN: | 187 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | RAF Acklington, Northumberland, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Drem, East Lothian |
| RAF Acklington, Northumberland |
Spitfire Mk Ia K9975: 187th of the first production batch of 310. First Flown 15-5-39. Delivered to 602 (City of Glasgow) Squadron 18-5-39. Substantially damaged 3-2-40 when hit snowdrift on landing & overturned at RAF Acklington. Pilot ok. To AST (Airwork Service Training) 11-2-40 for repairs, being next issued to 610 (County of Chester) Squadron 14-9-40 as "DW-S".
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p001.html
2. http://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/K9975
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Aug-2008 11:31 | Anon. | Added |
| 25-Dec-2011 09:42 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Dec-2011 09:42 | Nepa | Updated [Source, ] |
| 28-Dec-2011 06:02 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, ] |
| 10-Jan-2012 03:17 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, ] |
| 13-Jan-2012 23:24 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature, ] |
| 04-Nov-2012 18:41 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Nov-2012 18:42 | angels one five | Updated [Cn, ] |
| 25-Oct-2013 20:14 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, ] |
| 14-Nov-2013 07:10 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, ] |
| 26-Feb-2014 23:39 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Location, ] |
| 01-Jun-2015 16:07 | Angel dick one | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, ] |
| 24-Oct-2015 20:47 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 08-Jan-2016 17:44 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Jan-2016 09:42 | JIXN | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 24-Jan-2016 06:17 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 13-Feb-2018 21:43 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, ] |
| 10-May-2019 19:12 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Feb-2021 19:46 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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