Spitfire K9820 and others.

[Allan125]

As an aside - H I Couzens later commanded Hemswell, and was responsible for the famous colour film "Night Bombers"

Allan

[Allan125]

As an aside - H I Couzens later commanded Hemswell, and was responsible for the famous colour film "Night Bombers"

Allan

[Alex Smart]

Hello All,
thank you for the fullest possible replies.
Much apreciated.
From what we now have, or rather have not,

16-01-39 - K9820 no name.
18-04-39 - K9798 no name.
09-05-39 - K9859 no name.
24-01-40 - K9811 no name.
07-03-40 - K9800 no name.
28-05-40 - K9821 no name.

To this list I would like to add the following.
24-03-41 - P7429 no name, pilot baled following collision Fowlmere.
31-07-41 - P7425 no name, pilot baled Albury, Herts.
05-09-41 - P8277 no name, a/c overshot hit hedge Matlask.
12-10-41 - P7971 no name, a/c undershot at night & hit trees Horstead Hall, 1m SW of Coltishall.
02-11-41 - P8384 no name, pilot baled low altitude Manor Farm, Wood Norton, Norfolk.

To round off, I have seen in FCL vol 1 and also in the revised vol that for the 27th May 1940, N3237 has P/O. Wilson as pilot who DoW. But should it be P/O. P.V. Watson or was he in another Spitfire who's serial as yet remains unknown ?
Derek Palmers book does not mention P/O. Wilson in the Roll of Honour pages except for a Lieutenant C. L. Wilson (1919).

Many thanks,
Alex

[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

[Alex Smart]

Hello Paul,
Many thanks for your support and for the replies.

To confirm that I understand correctly.
16-01-39 - K9820 - P/O. A. I. Robinson.

18-04-39 - K9798 - still unknown.

09-05-39 - K9759 - still unknown.

24-01-40 - K9811 - still unknown, a/c ran out of fuel while lost and bellylanded, Clare, Suffolk, SoC 06-02-40, but a previous accident on 29-08-39 with P/O. M. D. Lyne on 1st solo. (K file does not note this earlier event).

07-03-40 - K9800 - Still unknown, hit bump and u/c leg collapsed on landing, Duxford. (K file goes on to say - AST 18.3.40; 8 MU 5.40; 5 OTU 14.7.40; 7 OTU 21.8.40, became 57 OTU 1.11.40; damaged 16.11.40; AST 22.11.40; 37 MU 15.2.41; 1 AAS 28.3.41; to 3277M 26.11.41 at 10 S of TT; SoC 18.5.44). but no note of the two 1939 accidents. So a rather accident prone a/c. Anything on pilot 16/11/40 ?

28-05-40 - K9821 - Still unknown, u/c jammed, bellylanded Duxford. ( K file goes on to say DBF in accident 20.7.41.) no note on the 6-10-39 collision, but it is in Derek Palmers book with photo of Clouston with a tail chewed K9854.

24-03-41 - P7429 - P/O. Anderson. in collision with P7379 piloted by Sgt. Charnock.
31-07-41 - P7425 - Sgt. R.J. Howard.
05-09-41 - P8277 - Sgt. N. M. Moore.
12-10-41 - P7971 - Sgt. L. G. Edwards.
02-11-41 - P8384 - P/O. H. J. Thiele.

And N3237 - P/O. P. V. Watson.

Wonderful response.
Again many thanks
Alex

[Alex Smart]

Hello,
Thank you for the earlier replies.
Now to continue.

19 Sqdn
1942
1st April - AD377 - pilot ?
26th April - BL316 - pilot ? a/c damaged.
16th May - AD476 - pilot ?
6th or 2nd December - EP749 - P/O. L.M. M. Ciechamowsik + a/c hit hill Mary Tavy, Devon.
1943
15th March - EP715 - pilot ? c/l Sherborne in Dorset.

Thanks
Alex

[David Sumerauer]

Hello Alex, two more identified.



16-05-1942 Supermarine Spitfire Vb AD476 (QV-?), 19 Sqn based at RAF Perranporth hit a fuel bowser while taxying, injuring the pilot Sgt Josef Sokol (Czech), RAF No.: 787523/149566 (KIFA 17/07/1946)

01-04-1942 Supermarine Spitfire Vb AD377 (QV-?), 19 Sqn, aircraft wrecked during forced landing due to engine failure injuring the pilot F/O Rudolf Borovec (Czech), RAF No.: 81885 (killed in ground combat 09/11/1944 in Slovakia as a member 1st Czechoslovak fighter regiment)



26-04-1942 Spitfire Vb AD514, F/Sgt Royer, category A flak damage, nothing on BL316


Kind regards.

David