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| Date: | Friday 24 March 1939 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 74 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K9872 |
| MSN: | 90 |
| 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, Essex |
Supermarine Spitfire Mk 1 K9872 (c/n 90 - the 90th production Spitfire)
19/02/39: First Flown at Eastleigh, Southampton, Hampshire
23/02/39: Delivered to RAF Hornchurch, Essex for 74 Squadron
24/03/39: Written off in a wheels up landing at RAF Hornchurch, Essex.
24/04/39: Struck Off Charge for use as a ground instructional airframe: to 1450M at 4 SoTT RAF St.Athan. Total flying time on airframe 7.55 hours
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1983 page 80)
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p001.html
3. http://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/K9872
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jan-2011 02:09 | angels one five | Added |
| 25-Dec-2011 04:12 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Narrative, ] |
| 10-Jan-2012 15:08 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, ] |
| 15-Jan-2012 01:48 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature, Destination airport, ] |
| 22-Jan-2012 19:06 | angels one five | Updated [Source, ] |
| 05-May-2012 10:15 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 30-May-2012 00:14 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, ] |
| 04-Nov-2012 03:37 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 10-Oct-2013 06:12 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Dec-2013 18:18 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 02-Mar-2015 18:25 | SIS07 | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, ] |
| 02-Jun-2015 15:43 | King | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 20-Jan-2016 17:55 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, ] |
| 21-Jan-2016 17:50 | King T. | Updated [Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 22-Jan-2016 06:33 | JINX | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 16-Feb-2018 17:46 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, ] |
| 25-Mar-2018 23:11 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 11-Oct-2019 22:08 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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