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| Date: | Tuesday 2 January 1940 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 41 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K9835 |
| MSN: | 48 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | RAF Thornaby, North Yorkshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Catterick, Yorkshire |
| RAF Thornaby, North Yorkshire |
Spitfire K9835 suffered engine trouble during a training flight known as 'Exercise A', and made an emergency landing at RAF Thornaby. 41 Squadron were using Thornaby as a forward operating base in their operational patrols of the North Sea.
The airframe was undamaged but the engine required replacement. This was accomplished by a team sent from Catterick and the Spitfire was flown back to base a few days later. Pilot - Pilot Officer (34045) William Ernest "Billy" Legard RAF, safe. (KIA over Dunkirk, 1/6/40.)
K9835 was eventually SOC on 22/8/44.
Sources:
1. http://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/yorkshire/york40/k9835.html
2. http://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/K9835
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p001.html
4. https://www.cranston-military-prints.com/squadron-history.php?SquadronID=115
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Aug-2008 11:36 | Anon. | Added |
| 04-Jan-2011 21:37 | angels one five | Updated [Cn, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Nov-2011 03:38 | angels one five | Updated [Nature, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Dec-2011 05:46 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, ] |
| 12-Jan-2012 00:17 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Nature, Departure airport, ] |
| 22-Jan-2012 14:47 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Destination airport, ] |
| 29-Oct-2012 02:25 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Nov-2012 01:52 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Phase, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Jan-2013 16:36 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Narrative, ] |
| 14-Aug-2013 03:53 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Aug-2013 06:42 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, ] |
| 20-Aug-2013 23:24 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, ] |
| 26-Sep-2013 03:54 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Sep-2013 05:14 | angels one five | Updated [Location, Phase, Nature, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Jun-2015 20:20 | Gun | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, ] |
| 27-Apr-2019 03:57 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Apr-2019 03:58 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, ] |
| 06-Feb-2021 07:32 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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