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| Date: | Saturday 30 December 1939 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 602 (City of Glasgow) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K9977 |
| MSN: | 191 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Drem, East Lothian |
Supermarine Spitfire K9977 (c/n 191 - 191st production Spitfire of the first production batch of 310)
16/05/39: First flown at Eastleigh, Southampton, Hampshire (Merlin III engine)
18/05/39: Delivered to 602 (City of Glasgow) Squadron, RAF Drem, East Lothian
30/12/39: Written off (destroyed) in a fatal flying accident. Wingtip touched the ground during aerobatics. Wing broken off. Aircraft crashed and severely damaged. Pilot Sgt Brian Peter Bailey (RAFVR, Service Number 741799, aged 19) - killed. Sgt Bailey is buried at Dirleton Cemetery, East Lothian. Grave Ref. Sec.E. Grave 1000
11/02/40: Struck off charge
NOTE: Some published sources list K9977 as being shot down over the Dunkirk area on 21/5/40. However, that is not the case, and is based on a "typo" - the actual Spitfire involved on that occasion was K9957.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1976, page 80)
2. http://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/K9977
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2812489/bailey,-brian-peter/
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p001.html
5. https://www.602squadronmuseum.org.uk/history/roll_of_honour.php
6. http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6576920
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Mar-2011 04:27 | angels one five | Added |
| 25-Dec-2011 06:09 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Departure airport, ] |
| 10-Jan-2012 16:40 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Departure airport, ] |
| 22-Jan-2012 19:59 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, ] |
| 22-Jan-2012 19:59 | angels one five | Updated |
| 04-Nov-2012 01:35 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 05-Nov-2012 00:09 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, ] |
| 05-Nov-2012 00:14 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 26-May-2013 18:08 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 24-Jun-2013 10:03 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Jul-2013 13:54 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 14-Aug-2013 03:59 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 24-Aug-2013 07:37 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 22-Oct-2013 15:00 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Nature, Departure airport, ] |
| 14-Nov-2013 07:06 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, ] |
| 30-Jan-2014 00:15 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Nature, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Jun-2014 03:25 | angels one five | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 05-Apr-2015 08:19 | Jixon | Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 19-Apr-2015 23:10 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Narrative, ] |
| 29-May-2015 11:00 | Angel dot comma | Updated [Operator, Nature, Narrative, ] |
| 30-Apr-2018 21:13 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Feb-2021 20:00 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Phase, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Feb-2021 20:02 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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