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| Date: | Tuesday 9 May 1939 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk Ia |
| Owner/operator: | 19 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K9859 |
| MSN: | 76 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire |
| RAF Duxford, Cambridegshire |
Supermarine Spitfire K9859 (c/n 76 - 76th production Spitfire)
03/02/39: First Flown at Eastleigh, Southampton, Hampshire
24/04/39: Delivered to 19 Squadron, RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire
06/05/39: Written off when struck fence on approach RAF Duxford. Struck off charge and became ground instructional airframe: to 1825M.
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/K9859
4. http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=32991
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Jan-2011 00:16 | angels one five | Added |
| 25-Dec-2011 04:21 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative, ] |
| 15-Jan-2012 01:55 | Nepa | Updated [Registration, Location, Nature, ] |
| 22-Jan-2012 19:11 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, ] |
| 05-May-2012 08:32 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 30-May-2012 00:18 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, ] |
| 04-Nov-2012 03:46 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 14-Aug-2013 03:55 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Aug-2013 13:02 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, ] |
| 02-Mar-2015 18:24 | QQ3 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, ] |
| 28-Mar-2018 13:42 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 11-Oct-2019 22:55 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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