Spitfire Fatal Losses 1939

[paulmcmillan]

16-03-39.....41 Sqn.....K9838.....Lost wing recovering from dive, Eryholme, Yorks..... Sgt. George Verdun Serjeant #565774.....killed.
18-07-39.....41 Sqn.....K9888.....Flew into High Scold Fell, Appleby, Cumberland in rainstorm on navex......Sgt. Kenneth Mitchell #740241.....killed.
30-08-39.....74 Sqn.....K9861.....Stalled to avoid collision and dived into ground, Grays Thurrock, Essex.....Sgt. Cyril Douglas Gower #740528.....killed.
02-09-39.....611 Sqn.....K9985.....Flew into ground out of cloud on navex 5m SW of Wattisham .....P/O Henry Fiddes Leech ....killed.
04-09-39..... RAE Farnborough .....K5054.....Stalled on landing and overturned .....F/Lt. Gilbert Stanbridge White.....killed (broken neck).
06-09-39.....66 Sqn.....K9986.....Crashed in circuit at night.....P/O. Douglas George Brenchin Paton #40315.....killed.
08-09-39.....602 Sqn.....K9965.....Flew into ground near Glasgow..... Sgt. John Martin Cullen Bryden #802600....killed.
01-10-39.....603 Sqn.....L1047.....Landed on by L1059 whilst taxing at night at RAF Grangmouth.....F/O. James Alexander Brownlie Somerville #90196.....killed.
06-11-39.....41 Sqn.....K9846.....Hit telephone wires on night take off at Catterick.....F/O. Horace Ernest Herbert Overall #39331.....killed.
31-11-39.....602 Sqn.....K9968.....? - No Info November has 30 days - Stalled on landing Church Fenton 5.6.1939 ROS ??? Dismanted and Parts to Locking for GI Duties
30-12-39.....602 Sqn.....K9977.....Lost wing on recovering from loop, dived into ground, Haddington. East Lothian.....Sgt. Brian Peter Bailey #741799.....killed.

Notes: Fates of K9986 and K9968 and K9868 are getting confused and note "31-11-39" November only has 30 days

602 Sqn ORB may have more info on K9968 but prob no Pilot killed

21-11-39.....74 Sqn.....K9868.....Forcelanded in bad weather and overturned, Cherbourg, France to 21 AD and SOC 9.2.1940.....Pilot F/Lt Dom S Thom (Canadian OK) - POW in Hurricane of 1 Sqdn Shot down by AA on 25th May 1940