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| Date: | Thursday 9 November 1939 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 74 (Tiger) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K9860 |
| MSN: | 78 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Rochford, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hornchurch, Essex |
| RAF Rochford, Essex |
First flown 6-2-39. Delivered to the RAF at Hornchurch for 74 Squadron on 14-2-39. Damaged beyond economic repair when tipped up after landing on soft ground at RAF Rochford, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, 9-11-39. Pilot Officer Donald Gordon Cobden RAF (from NZ) was uninjured.
"On 6th October 1939 Donald Cobden was posted to the 74 (Tiger) Squadron, joining them at Hornchurch. His introduction to the squadron was rather unfortunate as on 9th November" (1939) "he forced landed at the satellite airfield of Rochford in K9860, 74 Squadron's first Spitfire, so damaging the machine that it was written off...". Despite this mishap "...confirmation of his rank as Pilot Officer came through four days later on 13th November 1939."
Struck Off Charge 18-1-40. Total Flying Hours 74:20.
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://intotheswarm.blogspot.co.uk/2011/12/kiwi-tigers.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Jan-2011 00:09 | angels one five | Added |
| 25-Dec-2011 06:03 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Nature, Narrative, ] |
| 10-Jan-2012 16:25 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Nature, ] |
| 15-Jan-2012 02:22 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Nature, Departure airport, ] |
| 22-Jan-2012 19:53 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, ] |
| 07-May-2012 13:49 | 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 00:28 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, ] |
| 04-Nov-2012 18:35 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 05-Sep-2013 18:30 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 10-Oct-2013 08:29 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Dec-2013 18:09 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 30-Jan-2014 00:03 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Jun-2015 15:46 | King | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, ] |
| 01-May-2018 15:14 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Feb-2021 22:24 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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