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| Date: | Wednesday 8 November 1939 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk Ia |
| Owner/operator: | 54 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K9886 |
| MSN: | 103 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Basildon, Essex, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hornchurch, Essex |
| RAF Hornchurch, Essex |
First flown 5-3-39. Delivered to the RAF at Hornchurch for 54 Squadron on 8-3-39. Ran out of fuel and crashed whilst circling a beacon at night near Basildon, Essex. Struck Off Charge 14-12-39.
Pilot: Sgt Eric James COLE (Service Number 740300) RAF - killed.
R.I.P.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1976, page 80)
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939a.htm
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2350054/cole,-eric-james/
4. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?13757-Spitfire-I-K9886-54-Sqn-08-11-39
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p001.html
6. http://sussexhistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=9260.0;wap2
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Jan-2011 04:01 | angels one five | Added |
| 12-Jan-2011 04:05 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Dec-2011 06:02 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Nature, Narrative, ] |
| 10-Jan-2012 16:24 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, ] |
| 15-Jan-2012 02:21 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, ] |
| 22-Jan-2012 19:52 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, ] |
| 07-May-2012 13:35 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 30-May-2012 00:30 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 25-Oct-2012 00:43 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Jan-2013 16:29 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Apr-2013 21:42 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 05-Sep-2013 18:23 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative, ] |
| 10-Oct-2013 06:11 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Dec-2013 18:10 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, ] |
| 29-Jan-2014 23:57 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Jun-2015 08:27 | Angel dick one | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Apr-2018 20:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Apr-2018 20:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, ] |
| 06-Oct-2018 05:28 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 25-Jan-2021 19:33 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 07-Jul-2022 23:47 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
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