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| Date: | Monday 21 August 1939 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 72 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K9941 |
| MSN: | 154 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Back Lane, Hooton Roberts, near Rotherham, Yorkshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Church Fenton, North Yorkshire |
Supermarine Spitfire K9941 (c/n 154 - 154th production Spitfire)
21/04/39: First Flown at Eastleigh, Southampton, Hampshire
24/04/39: Delivered to 72 Squadron at RAF Church Fenton, North Yorkshire & coded 'SD-D'.
21/08/39: Written off (destroyed) in an accident. Sgt Donald Victor Peacock died flying Spitfire K9941 of No. 72 Sqn, when he dived into a field at Back Lane, Hooton Roberts, near Rotherham, South Yorkshire, having stalled (possibly in cloud) and lost control following an engine failure whilst on a local flying exercise from RAF Church Fenton.
Crew:
Sgt (740987) Donald Victor PEACOCK (pilot) RAF: killed
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1976 page 79)
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p001.html
3. https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1939/1939-1-%20-%200663.PDF
4. https://www.flickr.com/photos/33788833@N00/4375732287/
5. http://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/K9941
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Jan-2011 02:52 | angels one five | Added |
| 25-Dec-2011 04:46 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Narrative, ] |
| 10-Jan-2012 15:44 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, ] |
| 15-Jan-2012 02:26 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, ] |
| 15-Jan-2012 02:32 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, ] |
| 22-Jan-2012 19:30 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, ] |
| 06-May-2012 12:42 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 30-May-2012 00:37 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Embed code, ] |
| 20-Aug-2012 04:40 | donburbage | Updated [Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Aug-2012 13:26 | Anon. | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 02-Nov-2012 02:13 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 27-May-2013 20:48 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, ] |
| 09-Jun-2013 09:48 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, ] |
| 01-Oct-2013 05:26 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Apr-2014 08:40 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Nature, Narrative, ] |
| 19-Apr-2015 22:23 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 29-May-2015 06:49 | Angel dot comma | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, ] |
| 20-Jan-2016 17:53 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, ] |
| 21-Jan-2016 17:52 | King T. | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, ] |
| 23-Jan-2016 14:28 | JINX | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 16-Feb-2018 17:48 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, ] |
| 01-Apr-2018 17:11 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Oct-2018 08:07 | Old and Bold Pilot | Updated [Total fatalities, ] |
| 07-Feb-2021 04:14 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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