Incident Supermarine Spitfire FL9C SM-17,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 47710
 
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Date:Tuesday 8 September 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-17
MSN: PT644
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Brustem AFB, Limburg -   Belgium
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Brustem, Belgium
Destination airport:Bruggen, Germany
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
BUILD : Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory
ENGINE : Merlin 66
C/N :
RAF SERIAL: PT644
BAF SERIAL: SM-17
1944-07-25: to 8 Maintenance Unit
1944-08-16: to 127 Squadron FAAC
1944-09-21: ros (Repair in Site) GAL
1944-10-12: mods 442 Squadron
1945-07-06: to 33 Maintenance Unit
1948-07-04: taken on charge by the Belgian Air Force
1949-12-14: belly landing,
1951-02-16: Cat3. Belly landing,
1951-03-03: to Fairey for repairs
1953-07-23: at EBST Brustem Cat3. Belly landing,
1953-09-08: at EBST Brustem Cat4. Belly landing,
0000-00-00: scrapped

Sources:

1. http://www.spitfires.ukf.net/p092.htm
2. https://www.belgian-wings.be/supermarine-spitfire-lf-ixc-e
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/production.html

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
07-Nov-2008 10:15 ASN archive Added
28-Apr-2013 22:54 Dr. John Smith Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
29-Jun-2022 11:16 Ron Averes Updated [Location]
04-May-2023 05:12 Peter Ziegler Updated [[Location]]

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