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| Date: | Wednesday 6 September 1939 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 66 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K9986 |
| MSN: | 200 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire, England. -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire |
| RAF Duxford |
Spitfire K9986: Crashed during a night circuit, RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire. 06/09/1939
Crew:
P/O (40315) Douglas George Brenchin Paton (pilot) RAF: killed
Spitfire K9986: Struck off charge & reduced to produce (scrapped).18/09/1939
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1976 page 81)
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p001.html
3. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939a.htm
4. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?2925-Spitfire-K9968
5. http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=28728
6. http://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/search?serial=K9986&model=&factory=&engine=¬es=
7. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2651945/paton,-douglas-george-brenchin/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Feb-2011 16:11 | angels one five | Added |
| 25-Dec-2011 04:52 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Narrative, ] |
| 22-Jan-2012 19:35 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, ] |
| 07-May-2012 08:30 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 30-May-2012 00:40 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, ] |
| 30-May-2012 00:40 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 29-Oct-2012 12:16 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Jun-2013 09:57 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Jun-2013 10:15 | angels one five | Updated |
| 26-Jun-2013 19:01 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, ] |
| 14-Oct-2013 16:31 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Nov-2013 22:53 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, ] |
| 08-Nov-2013 22:54 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 09-Jun-2015 08:20 | Angel dick one | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 20-Apr-2018 19:48 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 01-May-2018 11:57 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, ] |
| 07-Feb-2021 05:55 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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