Incident Supermarine Spitfire FL9C SM-24,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 47698
 
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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 FL9C
Owner/operator:Belgische Luchtmacht
Registration: SM-24
MSN: MK777
Fatalities:Fatalities: / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:EBST Brustem (B) -   Belgium
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Unknown
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Little or no information is available
Narrative:
BUILD : Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory
ENGINE : Merlin 66
RAF SERIAL: MK777
BAF SERIAL: SM-24 (Re-serialled as SM-44 to SM-48???)

1944-03-02: to 39 Maintenance Unit, RAF Colerne
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 in chatge of the Belgian Air Force as SM-24
1953-07-20: at EBST Brustem Cat.5, Spitfire Team
pilot: ?
1953-08-00: written off

Sources:

1. https://www.belgian-wings.be/supermarine-spitfire-lf-ixc-e
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p071.html


Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
07-Nov-2008 10:15 ASN archive Added
04-Jun-2023 05:17 Peter Ziegler Updated

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