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| Date: | Monday 12 September 1938 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Gloster Gladiator Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 80 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K7909 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Zaweda, Palestine -
 Israel
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Aboukir, Alexandria, Egypt |
Gloster Gladiator Mk.I K7909 of 80 Squadron, RAF. Written off (damaged beyond repair) 12.9.38: Engine failed, struck rock in forced landing at Zaweda, Palestine. Aircraft abandoned and later burnt by bandits.
Formally struck off charge 31.1.39 as "beyond economic repair"; total airframe time 110.25 hours
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1976 page 65)
2. http://surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/gladiator_raf_80.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Oct-2009 08:46 | JINX | Added |
| 23-Jan-2012 03:23 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Country, Source, ] |
| 21-Jul-2013 18:31 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Source, ] |
| 15-Jun-2015 11:06 | Victor I | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 15-Nov-2017 21:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 14-Nov-2018 06:51 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, ] |
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