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| Date: | Monday 30 January 1939 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 41 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K9831 |
| MSN: | 45 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Catterick, North Yorkshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Catterick, North Yorkshire |
| RAF Catterick, North Yorkshire |
Spitfire Mk I K9831 (c/n 45 - 45th production Spitfire)
20/12/38: First flight at Eastleigh, Southampton
30/12/38: Delivered to 41 Squadron, RAF Catterick, North Yorkshire
30/01/39: Severely damaged in a wheels up landing at RAF Catterick, North Yorkshire: pilot, Flight Sgt G.E. Wallace, forgot to lower undercarriage on approach. Pilot uninjured.
22/03/39: Wreckage to ground instructional airframe as 1362M at 1 SoTT RAF Halton.
17/08/39: Struck off charge (total time on airframe 19.30 hours)
NOTE: On 30/06/39 a Spitfire was statically displayed at Strand Underground Station in London. This may have been K9831. It was displayed there until 27/07/39. According to a contemporary report in "Flight" magazine (July 6, 1939 page 10):
"Charing Cross—R.A.F. Station
OF the many publicity displays which have been staged at Charing Cross Underground station, we have never seen one that has attracted such crowds as that which is occupying the space at present. But seldom can the exhibits have been as striking as those now on view—a real, complete Supermarine Spitfire, a Pegasus engine, and a sectioned Merlin.
With aircraft models and photographs in addition, and personnel to answer enquiries, the Royal Air Force should find this one of its most successful recruiting efforts. The exhibition, which was opened by Capt. Harold Balfour last Friday, remains open until July 27."
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1973 page 79)
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p001.html
3. https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?116117-Crated-Spitfire-Found-Buried-in-London!&p=1878741#post1878741
4. https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1939/1939-1-%20-%200070.html
5. https://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk/results.asp?image=10432466&itemw=4&itemf=0001&itemstep=1&itemx=1
6. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?12516-41-Sq-Spitfire-forced-landing-before-WW2-N-Yorkshire
7. http://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/K9831
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Jan-2011 16:19 | angels one five | Added |
| 05-Jan-2011 16:21 | angels one five | Updated [Date, ] |
| 25-Dec-2011 04:05 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Dec-2011 04:13 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 10-Jan-2012 14:59 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport, ] |
| 15-Jan-2012 01:42 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature, ] |
| 22-Jan-2012 18:59 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 05-May-2012 01:36 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 30-May-2012 00:08 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, ] |
| 04-Nov-2012 03:36 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 14-Aug-2013 03:25 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Aug-2013 12:57 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 22-Aug-2013 14:58 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, ] |
| 17-Jan-2014 05:40 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Nature, ] |
| 06-Jun-2015 20:02 | Gun | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, ] |
| 24-Jan-2016 19:47 | Angel dick one five | Updated [Cn, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Apr-2016 03:14 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 15-Feb-2018 08:52 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, ] |
| 23-Mar-2018 18:02 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Mar-2018 18:03 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 06-Feb-2021 07:28 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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