Incident Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk 9c/e SM-24,
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Date:Monday 20 July 1953
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic SPIT model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk 9c/e
Owner/operator:Belgian Air Force
Registration: SM-24
MSN: MK777
Fatalities:Fatalities: / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:EBST Brustem (B) -   Belgium
Phase:
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
BUILD : Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory
ENGINE : Merlin 66
C/N :
RAF SERIAL: MK777
BAF SERIAL: SM-24 (Re-serialled as SM-44 to SM-48???)

1944-03-02: to 39 Maintenance Unit
1944-07-07: to 442 Squadron CAC ops
1944-08-24: to 1 ATC
1944-09-01: to AST (Air Service Training)
1945-05-17: to 129 Squadron as 'DV-T'
1946-10-14: to 257 Squadron

1948-08-24: taken on charge by the Belgian Air Force
1953-07-20: at EBST Brustem Cat.5, Spitfire Team
pilot: ?
1953-08-00: written off
0000-00-00: scrapped

Sources:

https://www.belgian-wings.be/supermarine-spitfire-lf-ixc-e
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/production.html

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
08-Apr-2023 06:37 Peter Ziegler Added
30-Jun-2023 18:13 Nepa Updated

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