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| Date: | Friday 3 March 1939 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 74 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K9866 |
| MSN: | 84 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Hornchurch, Essex, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hornchurch, Essex |
| RAF Hornchurch |
K9866 Spitfire Mk I (c/no.84 - 84th production Spitfire)
13/02/39: First flown at Eastleigh, Southampton, Hampshire
14/02/39: Delivered to 74 Squadron, RAF Hornchurch.
03/03/39: Written off (damaged beyond repair) when undercarriage collapsed in a heavy landing at RAF Hornchurch, Essex
14/04/39: Damaged airframe to ground instructional use as 1428M at 6 SoTT, later to ground instructional use at 53 OTU.
26/08/44: Struck Off Charge. Total flying time on airframe 136.30 hours
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1976 page 80)
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p001.html
3. http://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/K9866
4. http://spitfire production list.uk.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Jan-2011 19:15 | angels one five | Added |
| 25-Dec-2011 04:07 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative, ] |
| 10-Jan-2012 15:03 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, ] |
| 15-Jan-2012 01:45 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature, Destination airport, ] |
| 22-Jan-2012 19:02 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 22-Jan-2012 19:02 | angels one five | Updated |
| 05-May-2012 08:54 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 30-May-2012 00:09 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, ] |
| 27-Oct-2012 03:34 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Aug-2013 04:24 | JINX | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 18-Aug-2013 12:59 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, ] |
| 01-Oct-2013 05:23 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, ] |
| 30-Jan-2014 06:34 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Jun-2015 15:43 | King | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, ] |
| 20-Jan-2016 17:53 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, ] |
| 21-Jan-2016 17:49 | King T. | Updated [Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 22-Jan-2016 06:33 | JINX | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 11-Jan-2018 08:18 | angels one five | Updated [Nature, Narrative, ] |
| 16-Feb-2018 17:45 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 24-Mar-2018 22:24 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Mar-2020 15:37 | Iwosh | Updated [Aircraft type, Destination airport, Source, Operator, ] |
| 25-Jan-2021 19:17 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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