ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 314717
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| Date: | Thursday 19 June 1947 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire F.XIV |
| Owner/operator: | Belgische Militair Vliegwezen |
| Registration: | RM769 |
| MSN: | CHA. |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Lyneham, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lyneham, Chippenham, Wiltshire |
| Beauvechain Air Force Base, Beauvechain, Wallonia, Belgium (EBBE) |
RM769: Spitfire FR. XIV, built by Vickers Armstrong (Supermarine) at Chattis Hill with Griffon G65 engine. To 33MU RAF Lyneham, Wiltshire 18-9-44. To 41 Squadron RAF Diest, Flemish Brabant, Belgium 26-9-44 coded "EB-F". Cat B accident 18-12-44. To 409 RSU (Repair and Salvage Unit) for damage assessment. To ASTH (Air Service Training, Hamble) 16-2-45 for repairs. Returned to 33 MU RAF Lyneham after repairs completed.
Taken on charge by the Belgian Air Force (Belgische Militair Vliegwezen) 19-6-47 at 33 MU, RAF Lyneham. Written off same day, when crashed and destroyed on take-off on delivery flight to BAF (Belgische Militair Vliegwezen). Retained RAF serial, no Belgian serial allocated. Probably would have become SG-133 if it had been delivered and taken on charge.
Not repaired; Struck Off Charge 25-9-47 as Cat. E(FA).
Sources:
1. https://www.belgian-wings.be/supermarine-spitfire-fr-14-part-3
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p096.html
3. photo of accident: https://www.belgian-wings.be/supermarine-spitfire-fr-14-part-3/sg-133
4. https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/101958-rm769
5. https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/RM769
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._41_Squadron_RAF#Second_World_War,_1939%E2%80%931945
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Lyneham#Post-war
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Jun-2023 09:25 | Peter Ziegler | Added |
| 25-Aug-2023 14:47 | Dr. John Smith | Updated |
| 31-Aug-2023 03:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated |
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