ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 87336
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| Date: | 06-OCT-1939 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Supermarine Spitfire Mk I |
| Operator: | 19 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K9854 |
| C/n / msn: | 71 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Newmarket Heath, Suffolk -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire |
K9854 Spitfire Mk.Ia (c/no.71). First Flown 26-1-39. Allocated to 66 Squadron 1-2-39. Transferred to RAE 30-3-39 for trials. To 19 Squadron at Duxford 4-5-39, coded 'QV-W'
Written off in a mid air collision with K9821: force-landed on Newmarket Heath 6-10-39. Pilot - Flt.Lt. Wilfred Clouston - sustained minor injuries**.Aircraft deemed damaged beyond economic repair. Struck Off Charge 14-10-39 and "reduced to produce" (scrapped)
(**Clouston went on to fight in the Battle of Britain, and his score reached 9 kills and 3 shared destroyed, one and one shared probably destroyed and one shared damaged. In 1941 he was posted to Singapore to command a fighter squadron, but was taken prisoner when the fortress fell and spent the rest of the war in captivity).
Sources:
http://www.spitfires.ukf.net/p001.htm
http://military-machine.blogspot.co.uk/2007/11/aircraft-of-aces-spitfire-mki-ii-aces.html
http://www.asisbiz.com/il2/Spitfire/MkI-RAF-19Sqn-QV-W-K9854/pages/EM-MkI-RAF-19Sqn-QV-W-Clouston-K9854-Duxford-1940.html
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Jan-2011 19:43 | angels one five | Added |
| 17-Nov-2011 03:31 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 25-Dec-2011 05:56 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator] |
| 25-Dec-2011 05:56 | Nepa | Updated [Nature] |
| 10-Jan-2012 16:16 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location] |
| 13-Jan-2012 09:26 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Phase, Nature] |
| 22-Jan-2012 19:45 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 07-May-2012 11:57 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-May-2012 00:32 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 04-Nov-2012 17:05 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
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