Spitfire K9820 and others.

[paulmcmillan]

16-01-39 - K9820 no name. -> This was P/O A.I.Robinson. Night landing. Landed in bad visibility, retracted u/c to avoid overshoot. Skidded on nose

[paulmcmillan]

24-01-40 - K9811 no name - Can't help with 24-01-40 but are you aware this Landed with u/c not fully locked down on 29.8.39 when flown by P/O M.D.Lyne (his first solo on type) at Duxford and repaired on site?

[paulmcmillan]

07-03-40 - K9800 Sorry can't help but I have two addition accidents for this



19 Sqn Duxford. Cat C. Night landings. Heavy landing u/c collapsed 13.1.39, F/O A.J.Banham.

19 Sqn Duxford Cat C. First solo on type. Undershot and struck building inside boundary of drome 29.8.39, P/O J.H.Bowring.

[paulmcmillan]

28-05-40 - K9821 no name.

Sorry but this had a minor collison in the air with K9854 (flown by P/O GE BALL) on 6.10.39 while being flown by F/O WG CLOUSTON

Both aircraft force landed at Newmarked race course amd pilots OK

[paulmcmillan]

However can help with some others

24-03-41 - P7429 no name, pilot baled following collision Fowlmere.
Collided in air with P7379 near Fowlmere P/O Anderson safe;

31-07-41 - P7425 no name, pilot baled Albury, Herts
Blacked out during aerobatics not sure of altitude onrecovery and baled out.Sgt RJ Howard 1181687

05-09-41 - P8277 no name, a/c overshot hit hedge Matlask
Landed downwind and overshot. Touched down on brow of hill,
approached too high and too fast, hit boundary hedge. Sgt NM Moore R74456 injured.

12-10-41 - P7971 no name, a/c undershot at night & hit trees Horstead Hall, 1m SW of Coltishall.
Undershot, approached too low and hit trees Sgt LG Edwards R69087(Can) injured.

02-11-41 - P8384 no name, pilot baled low altitude Manor Farm, Wood Norton, Norfolk.
Ccrashed Manor Farm, Woodnorth, 8 mls north of Swanton Morley Cat A.First flight ontype. Pilot evidently ran into bad weather which he failed togetoutof. He lost orientation and baled out at about 200 ft parachute part open. P/O HJ Thiele 404892(Aus)ok.

[paulmcmillan]

Finally

N3237 was P/O PV WATSON #41637 killed(died 28.5.40, buried at Calais Canadian, France)