ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 314863
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| Date: | Thursday 16 January 1947 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk XVI |
| Owner/operator: | 350 Sqn Belgisch Militaire Vliegwezen |
| Registration: | TB373 |
| MSN: | CBAF. |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Beauvechain Air Base, Beauvechain, Wallonia -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Beauvechain Air Base, Beauvechain, Wallonia |
TB373: Spitfire LF.XVI. Built by CBAF (Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory) with Merlin M266 engine. To 6MU RAF Brize Norton 12-1-45. To 329 (GC I/2 'Cicognes') Squadron (Free French) Squadron 1-3-45. After assembling at Ayr, 329 Squadron moved to Perranporth, in Cornwall, to begin equipping with Spitfire Vs. By March, these had been replaced by Mark IXs. Becoming operational on 1-3-45, by which time the mark Vs had been withdrawn.
Cat C (repairable) accident 21-3-45. To 350 (Belgian) Squadron, RAF 21-2-46 coded 'GE-N'. To Belgisch Militaire Vliegwezen (Belgian Air Force) 26-10-46 pending delivery of Spitfire F XIVs although these aircraft were never Belgian owned, many of the Spitfires had their RAF roundels replaced by Belgian ones
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed Beauvechain Air Force Base, Beauvechain, Wallonia, Belgium 16-1-47
NOTE: The name 'Belgische Luchtmacht' is officially introduced on January 15, 1949. Before then it was called 'Belgisch Militair Vliegwezen'.
Sources:
1. https://www.belgian-wings.be/supermarine-spitfire-lf-16
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p107.html
3. https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/TB373
4. https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/90485-tb373
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._329_Squadron_RAF#RAF_service
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/350th_Squadron_(Belgium)#With_the_Royal_Air_Force
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/350th_Squadron_(Belgium)#Under_Belgian_command
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauvechain_Air_Base#Postwar/current
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Jun-2023 04:53 | Peter Ziegler | Added |
| 08-Jun-2023 18:04 | Dr. John Smith | Updated |
| 10-Jun-2023 15:41 | Nepa | Updated |
| 08-Sep-2023 20:39 | Nepa | Updated |
| 13-Sep-2023 10:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated |
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