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| Date: | Tuesday 25 April 1939 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 66 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K9802 |
| MSN: | 20 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire, England. -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire |
| RAF Duxford |
Supermarine Spitfire K9082 (c/n 20 - the 20th production Spitfire)
31/10/38: Delivered to 66 Squadron at RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire. (Reportedly 66 Squadron's first-ever Spitfire).
25/04/39: Made a wheels-up landing at RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire & declared Damaged Beyond Repair.
17/05/39: Struck Off Charge. Total Flying Hrs 93.35
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1976 page 79)
2. Heroes of the Skies By Michael Ashcroft
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p001.html
4. http://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/K9802
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Jan-2011 22:06 | angels one five | Added |
| 25-Dec-2011 04:19 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 10-Jan-2012 15:12 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, ] |
| 10-Jan-2012 15:12 | angels one five | Updated |
| 15-Jan-2012 01:52 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature, ] |
| 22-Jan-2012 19:10 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, ] |
| 05-May-2012 11:10 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 30-May-2012 00:17 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, ] |
| 04-Nov-2012 03:43 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Nov-2013 05:22 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Dec-2013 18:20 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 16-Jan-2014 23:11 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Nature, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Jun-2015 08:13 | Angel dick one | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, ] |
| 26-Mar-2018 23:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 11-Oct-2019 22:32 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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