ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 313716
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| Date: | Thursday 30 June 1949 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire FR.XIV |
| Owner/operator: | 1 Sqn Belgische Luchtmacht |
| Registration: | SG-53 |
| MSN: | 6S 507113 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Grune, Nassogne, east of Florennes, Wallonia -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Florennes AB, Wallonia (EBFS) |
| Florennes AB (EBFS) |
RM857: Spitfire FR XIV, MSB 6S 507113. Built by Supermarine Aircraft with G65 engine. To 30MU RAF Sealand, Flintshire 23-10-44 for modifications. To 430 ('City of Sudbury') Squadron, RCAF 30-11-44 coded 'E'. Cat. B (Repairable) damage during attack on Eindhoven airfield, Netherlands 1-1-45. To ASTH (Air Service Training Hamble) Hamble, Hampshire for repairs.
Stored until struck off charge upon sale To Belgian Air Force (Belgische Luchtmacht) as SG-53 on 22-7-48. To 1 Squadron, 2 Wing, Belgian Air Force as '3R-O'
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 30-6-49 when crashed at Grune, Nassogne, East of Florennes, Belgium in Mid-air collision with Spitfire FR. XIV 'SG-72'. Pilot of Spitfire SG-53 was Olt-Vl Monteyne Jacques killed.
Nassogne is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Luxembourg, Belgium. The municipality consists of the following districts: Ambly, Bande, Forrières, Grune, Harsin, Lesterny, Masbourg (including Mormont), and Nassogne.
Sources:
1. https://www.belgian-wings.be/supermarine-spitfire-fr-14-part-2
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p096.html
3. https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/RM857
4. https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=RM857
5. https://www.atlantikwall.co.uk/oldsite/atlantikwall/Witshire/highpost04/html/page06.htm
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/430_Tactical_Helicopter_Squadron#History
7. https://www.hangarflying.eu/erfgoedsites/graf-van-olt-vl-jacques-monteyne-spitfire-xiv-sg53/
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florennes_Air_Base
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nassogne
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-May-2023 05:14 | Peter Ziegler | Added |
| 07-Aug-2023 19:49 | Nepa | Updated |
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