R6838

Supermarine Spitfire Ia

MarkIa
FateUnknown
Lost15 October 1940
A Supermarine Spitfire (representative type, not this airframe)
Representative photo of a Supermarine Spitfire — not this individual aircraft.
ⓘ licence & creditAirwolfhound / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spitfire_-_Season_Premiere_Airshow_2018_(cropped).jpg

Notes

Spitfire Mk I R6838 first flew on 29 Jun 1940 and is recorded with No. 24 Maintenance Unit, aircraft storage, No. 92 Squadron. It was later shot down or abandoned after combat damage.

Operations flown

Non-operational flight — Failed to return

Crew: Kenneth Bruce Parker (Other)