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| Date: | Tuesday 4 July 1939 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk Ia |
| Owner/operator: | 54 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K9897 |
| MSN: | 110 |
| 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 K9897 (c/n 110 - the 110th production Spitfire)
13/03/39: First Flown at Eastleigh, Southampton, Hampshire
15/03/39: Delivered to 54 Squadron, RAF Hornchurch, Essex. Later coded 'DL-H'.
04/07/39: Written off when undershot on landing and struck an army hut at RAF Hornchurch, Essex.
Pilot: Sgt (590709) T. Davis RAF - survived OK.
15/08/39: Struck Off Charge and reduced to produce (scrapped)
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. https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?53362-Who-was-this-Spitfire-pilot-Weird-Spitfire-markings/page2
4. http://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/K9897
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Jan-2011 01:42 | angels one five | Added |
| 18-Nov-2011 13:24 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Dec-2011 04:27 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport, ] |
| 10-Jan-2012 15:23 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport, ] |
| 15-Jan-2012 02:05 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature, ] |
| 22-Jan-2012 19:19 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, ] |
| 22-Jan-2012 19:20 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 06-May-2012 10:45 | 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 00:21 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, ] |
| 04-Nov-2012 16:53 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 22-Aug-2013 15:02 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Mar-2015 18:27 | King T. | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, ] |
| 19-Apr-2015 22:29 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Nature, ] |
| 09-Jun-2015 08:15 | Angel dick one | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Dec-2016 02:25 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative, ] |
| 29-Mar-2018 21:55 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Jul-2022 23:46 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
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