ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 150506
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| Date: | 28-JUL-1940 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 611 (West Lancashire) Squadron Royal Air Force (611 (West Lancashire) Sqn RAF) |
| Registration: | K9970 |
| C/n / msn: | 184 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | RAF Digby, Scopwick Heath, Lincolnshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Digby, Scopwick Heath, Lincolnshire |
| RAF Digby, Scopwick Heath, Lincolnshire |
Spitfire Mk.1 K9970: First Flown 10-5-39. To 602 Squadron 'LO-D' 12-5-39. To 611 Squadron 'DW-V' 4-6-40. Substantially damaged landing at base with the U/C retracted after returning from air firing practice, RAF Digby, Scopwick Heath, Lincolnshire
Pilot - Pilot Officer J.W.Lund uninjured.
Aircraft repairable: To 1 CRU (Civilian Repair Unit) for repairs 3-8-40. To 610 Squadron as 'DW-V' again 29-8-40. On 30-8-40, P/O Eric Stanley Aldous, flying K9970 as 'DOGROSE Blue 2', shared in the destruction of an He 111 of 11./KG 1 in action over Kent around 11.20 hours
To 602 Squadron 14-12-40; written off when engine failed, crashed force-landing near West Kilbride 6-1-41. Declared Cat E and SOC 17-1-41
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (Jmes J Halley, Air Britain 1976)
2. Battle of Britain Then and Now
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p001.html
4. http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/lincolnshire-plane-crashes-during-world-war-ii
5. http://www.bcar.org.uk/1940-incident-logs#jul
6. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?12752&p=74978#74978
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Nov-2012 02:58 | angels one five | Added |
| 26-May-2013 18:28 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 28-May-2014 11:33 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Location, Source] |
| 29-May-2015 10:46 | Angel dot comma | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 31-May-2019 20:58 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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