ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 87260
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| Date: | 06-OCT-1939 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Supermarine Spitfire Mk I |
| Operator: | 19 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K9821 |
| C/n / msn: | 36 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Newmarket Heath, Suffolk -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire |
| RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire |
K9821 Spitfire Mk.Ia (c/no.36). First Flown 2-12-38. To 19 Squadron at Duxford 5-12-38. Substantially damaged in a mid air collision with another 19 Squadron Spitfire (K9854) and force-landed at Newmarket Heath, Suffolk, 6-10-39. To FAC 29-5-40 for repairs. Returned to the RAF at 54MU AST FACE 2-7-40. Issued to 57 OTU RAF Hawarden, Cheshire, 14-11-40.
Records of 57 OTU for July 1941 record Spitfire K9821 as flown by Flt. Sgt Beaton Ian Ronald Aird R.C.A.F., who was killed on the 20-7-41 in the Wrexham area after colliding with another Spitfire of 57 OTU (K9895). This was presumably the end of Spitfire K9821. Struck Off Charge 20-7-41
Sources:
http://www.spitfires.ukf.net/p001.htm
http://minerahistory.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=mineragwynfryn&thread=1170&page=2
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| 05-Jan-2011 02:22 | angels one five | Added |
| 06-Jan-2011 20:05 | angels one five | Updated [Location, Departure airport] |
| 25-Nov-2011 12:40 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 25-Dec-2011 05:57 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 10-Jan-2012 16:17 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 13-Jan-2012 09:27 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Phase, Departure airport] |
| 22-Jan-2012 19:46 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 07-May-2012 12:14 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-May-2012 00:32 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 05-Nov-2012 00:02 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
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