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| Date: | Tuesday 23 May 1939 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 41 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K9842 |
| MSN: | 55 |
| 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 |
| RAF Catterick |
Supermarine Spitfire K9842 (c/n 55 - 55th production Spitfire)
12/01/39: First Flown at Eastleigh, Southampton, Hampshire.
16/01/39: Delivered to 41 Squadron, RAF Catterick, North Yorkshire.
23/05/39: Stalled high and crashed on the runway when landing following a night-flying exercise. P/O (33412) Colin "Robbie" ROBERTSON* (pilot) RAF was uninjured. It was his 36th hour on type. The AM Form 1180 contains details of the accident but does not provide a cause.
14/06/39: Struck Off Charge as damaged beyond economic repair. Total Flying Hours 97:15.
* See ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 70861, crash of DH Mosquito DD754 12/12/43.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1976 page 79)
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p001.html
3. http://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/K9842
4. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?12516-41-Sq-Spitfire-forced-landing-before-WW2-N.Yorkshire
5. AM Form 1180 Air Accident Card, RAF Museum
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Jan-2011 19:10 | angels one five | Added |
| 05-Jan-2011 19:12 | angels one five | Updated [Source, ] |
| 25-Dec-2011 04:22 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Narrative, ] |
| 10-Jan-2012 15:15 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, ] |
| 15-Jan-2012 01:56 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature, Destination airport, ] |
| 22-Jan-2012 19:12 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, ] |
| 05-May-2012 08:40 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 05-May-2012 08:45 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 30-May-2012 00:18 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, ] |
| 04-Nov-2012 03:48 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 12-Oct-2013 20:50 | JINX | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 16-Nov-2013 08:48 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Nov-2013 05:23 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, ] |
| 18-Dec-2013 18:21 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 17-Jan-2014 06:10 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Nature, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Jun-2015 20:05 | Gun | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Dec-2016 02:19 | angels one five | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 28-Mar-2018 14:08 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Oct-2019 19:24 | angels one five | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 11-Oct-2019 23:12 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 06-Feb-2021 07:42 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 09-May-2022 07:17 | Steve Brew | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 19-Aug-2023 06:17 | angels one five | Updated |
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