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| Date: | Saturday 8 July 1939 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 602 (City of Glasgow) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K9966 |
| MSN: | 180 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Abbotsinch, Glasgow, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Abbotsinch, Glasgow |
Supermarine Spitfire K9966 (c/n 180 - the 180th prodcution Spitfire)
08/05/39: First flown at Eastleigh, Southampton, Hampshire
12/05/39: Delivered to 602 (City of Glasgow) Squadron, RAF and coded 'ZT-E',
08/07/39: Written off (damaged beyond economic repair) when undercarriage collapsed on take off, RAF Abbotsinch.
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. http://www.602squadronmuseum.org.uk/history/ww2.php
4. http://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/K9966
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Feb-2011 16:04 | angels one five | Added |
| 25-Dec-2011 04:30 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 10-Jan-2012 15:24 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, ] |
| 13-Jan-2012 01:43 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature, ] |
| 22-Jan-2012 19:21 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, ] |
| 06-May-2012 10:58 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 30-May-2012 00:21 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, ] |
| 03-Nov-2012 02:58 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Nature, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 20-Aug-2013 23:20 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, ] |
| 24-Aug-2013 07:50 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, ] |
| 01-Oct-2013 18:06 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative, ] |
| 14-Nov-2013 07:01 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature, ] |
| 17-Nov-2013 05:26 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, ] |
| 17-Dec-2013 17:28 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, ] |
| 01-Mar-2014 22:48 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 19-Apr-2015 22:29 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Nature, ] |
| 29-May-2015 10:54 | Angel dot comma | Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, ] |
| 23-Jan-2016 14:28 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, ] |
| 13-Feb-2018 21:47 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, ] |
| 29-Mar-2018 22:32 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Feb-2021 05:31 | angels one five | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
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