ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 89158
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| Date: | Tuesday 5 December 1939 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk Ia |
| Owner/operator: | 65 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K9917 |
| MSN: | 128 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Aldermaston, 8 miles east of Newbury, Berkshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hornchurch, Essex |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
On 5 December,1939, Pilot Officer J.B.H. Nicholas of 65 Squadron, RAF Hornchurch, Essex, was injured when his Spitfire Ia K9917 hit a tree during an attempted forced landing near Aldermaston, eight miles of east of Newbury, Berkshire, while iced up. The fighter was damaged beyond repair.
NOTE: Spitfire K9917 did NOT crash at RAF Aldermaston, as per some published sources - RAF Aldermaston was not built until 1941, at least 18 months after this crash.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1976 page 80)
2. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?21762-Air-81-Trance-3-Part-1-Air-81-1489-to-AIr-81-1741-Repost-Now-with-Open-Status&styleid=3
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p001.html
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldermaston
5. http://www.maplandia.com/united-kingdom/england/south-east/west-berkshire/aldermaston/
6. http://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/K9917
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Jan-2011 17:28 | angels one five | Added |
| 25-Dec-2011 04:56 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Narrative] |
| 10-Jan-2012 16:34 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location] |
| 13-Jan-2012 09:29 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Nature] |
| 22-Jan-2012 20:02 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 02-Nov-2012 00:51 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Nov-2012 00:11 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 27-Mar-2013 12:56 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-May-2013 05:58 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 24-Jun-2013 10:07 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
| 26-Jul-2013 13:52 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location] |
| 21-Aug-2013 21:39 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport] |
| 05-Sep-2013 18:37 | angels one five | Updated [Operator] |
| 30-Jan-2014 00:09 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Nature] |
| 02-Jun-2015 14:13 | Newton | Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Destination airport] |
| 03-Jan-2016 13:06 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 07-Jan-2016 21:09 | JIXN | Updated [Operator] |
| 24-Jan-2016 00:42 | JINX | Updated [Operator] |
| 05-Dec-2017 08:58 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Feb-2018 08:19 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 11-May-2018 00:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Apr-2019 05:54 | angels one five | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 06-Feb-2021 23:09 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 21-Jul-2022 13:02 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Operator] |
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