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| Date: | Wednesday 24 January 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 19 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K9811 |
| MSN: | 21 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Clare, Suffolk, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire |
On 24 January 1940 Sgt Peter Stackhouse Gunning of 19 Sqn RAF got lost and ran out of fuel. He belly-landed his Spitfire Ia K9811 near Clare, Suffolk. He was unhurt but the aircraft was badly damaged. It was picked up by 54 MU on 2 February and SOC( struck off charge) four days later as being damaged beyond repair.
This Spitfire was one of the first produced and had been received by 19 Sqn on 5 November 1938.
Sources:
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=32991
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p001.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clare,_Suffolk
http://www.maplandia.com/united-kingdom/england/east-anglia/suffolk-county/clare/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Jan-2011 00:38 | angels one five | Added |
| 25-Dec-2011 06:20 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Nature, ] |
| 10-Jan-2012 02:42 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, ] |
| 10-Jan-2012 10:58 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Nature, Departure airport, ] |
| 12-Jan-2012 00:30 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, ] |
| 15-Jan-2012 02:25 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Nature, ] |
| 22-Jan-2012 20:14 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 04-Nov-2012 02:53 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Nov-2012 15:38 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative, ] |
| 01-Feb-2013 14:55 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Nature, ] |
| 27-Mar-2013 13:35 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Jul-2013 08:27 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Nature, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Jul-2013 13:54 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, ] |
| 27-Sep-2013 06:27 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 14-Oct-2013 04:48 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, ] |
| 21-Oct-2013 23:49 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, ] |
| 08-Jun-2015 18:11 | Angel dick one | Updated [Operator, Nature, Departure airport, ] |
| 24-Jan-2017 14:42 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 19-Apr-2019 05:14 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Narrative, ] |
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