ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 48657
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| Date: | Monday 8 November 1948 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Fairey Firefly T.2 |
| Owner/operator: | 861 Sqn Marine Luchtvaartdienst |
| Registration: | L-13 |
| MSN: | F.6146 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Voorhout, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Valkenburg NAS, Katwijk, Netherlands (EHVB) |
Built for FAA RN (Fleet Air Arm Royal Navy) as PP492. Sold to Marine Luchtvaartdienst - MLD (Dutch Navy) and handed over at HMS Owl, RNAS Feran, Tain, Scotland 17/2/1946 as F-8, later 6-8. Operated by 861 Squadron, MLD. Converted to Firefly T.2 between 27/8/1947 and 30/9/1948, reserialled 12-13, later 21-13.
Written off (destroyed) 8/11/1948: Got into a spin and Crashed. Accident near Voorhout during a training flight. Both crew - Off.Vl2. TV W.A. Limque and LTZ2 W.L.H de Vries - were killed. The reported crash location of Voorhout is a village and former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland, at approximate Coordinates: 52°13′23″N 4°29′11″E
Sources:
1. Fleet Air Arm Fixed Wing Aircraft Since 1946 (Ray Sturtivant, Lee Howard & Mick Burrows, Air Britain, 2004 p.250)
2. http://www.veteraneninstituut.nl/media/med_view.asp?med_id=227
3. http://www.flashie.nl/MLD/MLD_nietwaar.html
4. https://kw.jonkerweb.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=653:fairey-firefly-uk&lang=en&Itemid=549&showall=1&limitstart=
5. http://www.wings-aviation.ch/34-Nederland/2-Aircraft/Fairey-Firefly/Firefly.htm
6. http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/waf/neth/mld/types/fireflyF1.htmh
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voorhout
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Dec-2008 08:33 | ASN archive | Added |
| 23-Mar-2019 12:12 | Cobar | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 07-Sep-2020 21:42 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Sep-2020 20:55 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Sep-2020 17:39 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Sep-2020 17:39 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 21-Sep-2020 11:01 | TB | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 12-Jun-2022 22:05 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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