ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 1745
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| Date: | Tuesday 20 September 1938 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk Ia Early |
| Owner/operator: | 19 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K9792 |
| MSN: | 6 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire, England. -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire |
| RAF Duxford | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Spitfire K9792: First spitfire to be delivered to the RAF. Initially destined to be sent to Duxford it was delivered to the CFS at RAF Upavon on 29-7-38 for two weeks to enable pilot's notes to be written. Finally delivered for operational service to 19 Squadron at RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire, on 16-8-38
Damaged beyond repair after stub axle of port mainwheel sheared off. The aircraft had flipped on its back after the propeller had dug in whilst landing at RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire. Pilot - Flying Officer Gordon Sinclair RAF - escaped from the aircraft OK.
Said to be the first-ever operational loss of a Spitfire in RAF Service. K9792 - the sixth production Spitfire - had been the second-ever delivery of a Spitfire to the RAF, on 16 August 1938. (K9789, was handed over on August 4th, had been the first). The pilot on the delivery flight was Sgt George Cecil Unwin DSO, DFM & Bar
Damaged airframe reallocated to No. 2 SoTT (School of Technical Training) at RAF Cosford for use as a ground instructional airframe on 30-11-38. Total time on airframe 41.35 hours
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1976 page 79)
2. http://www.aviationbanter.com/showthread.php?t=53872
3. http://homepage.ntlworld.com/peter.spooner3/Spitfire-Operational-History.htm
4. http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=11359
5. Photo of accident: http://www.aviationbanter.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=8587&d=1175325849
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p001.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Feb-2008 02:11 | JINX | Added |
| 25-Feb-2008 14:23 | JINX | Updated |
| 25-Sep-2011 20:51 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Dec-2011 03:53 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 05-May-2012 09:12 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-May-2012 00:03 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 29-Oct-2012 02:25 | angels one five | Updated [Date, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Oct-2012 02:25 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Jul-2013 18:34 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport] |
| 01-Aug-2013 20:14 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport] |
| 05-Aug-2013 18:05 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location] |
| 03-Feb-2014 19:30 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 29-May-2014 00:55 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Nature] |
| 05-Apr-2015 08:11 | ABBA | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport] |
| 23-Jan-2016 15:26 | Apen | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Feb-2018 17:43 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 15-Mar-2018 23:23 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Aug-2021 19:19 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type] |
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