Date:	Tuesday 5 December 1939
Time:	11:00
Type:	Supermarine Spitfire Mk Ia
Owner/operator:	65 Sqn RAF
Registration:	K9917
MSN:	128
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	near Aldermaston, 8 miles east of Newbury, Berkshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Northolt, West London
Destination airport:

Narrative:
On 5 December,1939, Pilot Officer J.B.H. Nicholas of 65 Squadron, RAF Hornchurch, Essex, was injured when his Spitfire Ia K9917 hit a tree during an attempted forced landing near Aldermaston, eight miles of east of Newbury, Berkshire, while iced up. The fighter was damaged beyond repair.

NOTE: Spitfire K9917 did NOT crash at RAF Aldermaston, as per some published sources - RAF Aldermaston was not built until 1941, at least 18 months after this crash.

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1976 page 80)
2. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?21762-Air-81-Trance-3-Part-1-Air-81-1489-to-AIr-81-1741-Repost-Now-with-Open-Status&styleid=3
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p001.html
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldermaston
5. http://www.maplandia.com/united-kingdom/england/south-east/west-berkshire/aldermaston/
6. http://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/K9917

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
18-Jan-2011 17:28	angels one five	Added
25-Dec-2011 04:56	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Narrative, ]
10-Jan-2012 16:34	angels one five	Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, ]
13-Jan-2012 09:29	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Nature, ]
22-Jan-2012 20:02	angels one five	Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, ]
02-Nov-2012 00:51	angels one five	Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Nature, Source, Narrative, ]
05-Nov-2012 00:11	angels one five	Updated [Aircraft type, ]
27-Mar-2013 12:56	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Nature, Source, Narrative, ]
27-May-2013 05:58	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, ]
24-Jun-2013 10:07	angels one five	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative, ]
26-Jul-2013 13:52	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, ]
21-Aug-2013 21:39	JINX	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport, ]
05-Sep-2013 18:37	angels one five	Updated [Operator, ]
30-Jan-2014 00:09	angels one five	Updated [Aircraft type, Nature, ]
02-Jun-2015 14:13	Newton	Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Destination airport, ]
03-Jan-2016 13:06	JINX	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative, ]
07-Jan-2016 21:09	JIXN	Updated [Operator, ]
24-Jan-2016 00:42	JINX	Updated [Operator, ]
05-Dec-2017 08:58	Laurent Rizzotti	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, ]
15-Feb-2018 08:19	Nepa	Updated [Operator, ]
11-May-2018 00:28	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
19-Apr-2019 05:54	angels one five	Updated [Location, Narrative, ]
06-Feb-2021 23:09	angels one five	Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, ]
21-Jul-2022 13:02	Nepa	Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Operator, ]
06-Jan-2025 16:22	Engrich	Updated [Time, Departure airport, ]
15-Jan-2025 19:21	ASN	Updated