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| Date: | Thursday 25 January 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 609 (West Riding) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N3025 |
| MSN: | 314 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | RAF Drem, East Lothian, Scotland. -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Drem, East Lothian |
| RAF Drem |
Spitfire N3025: First Flown 8-9-39. Delivered to 609 Squadron 11-9-39. Damaged when ran into snowdrift on landing and tipped up at RAF Drem, East Lothian 25-1-1940.
Crew:
F/O (37869) BIan Bedford Nesbitt RUSSELL DFC (pilot) RAF: OK.
Minor damage repaired and aircraft returned to service; however, written off (damaged beyond repair) when undershot landing Drem 19-3-40 and collided with Spitfire Mk Ia L1096. This time, not repaired and SOC as Cat E 13-5-40
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p002.html
2. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=N3025
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Aug-2008 11:32 | Anon. | Added |
| 25-Aug-2011 18:48 | angels one five | Updated [Registration, Cn, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Dec-2011 06:21 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 10-Jan-2012 02:44 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Nature, Destination airport, ] |
| 10-Jan-2012 10:55 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature, ] |
| 12-Jan-2012 00:31 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Nature, ] |
| 09-Nov-2012 00:40 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 14-Oct-2013 04:50 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Nature, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Oct-2013 23:51 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, ] |
| 02-Mar-2014 18:34 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 13-Sep-2014 09:03 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 01-Jun-2015 14:29 | Opietz | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Jan-2016 01:52 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Mar-2016 08:04 | Fuxs | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 10-May-2019 01:46 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 11-Feb-2021 21:44 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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