Incident Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX MJ998,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 48912
 
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Date:Sunday 1 April 1945
Time:11:45 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic SPIT model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX
Owner/operator:317 (Wilenski) Sqn RAF
Registration: MJ998
MSN: JH-V
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:B.77 Gilze-Rijen Airfield, Noord-Brabant -   Netherlands
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:B.77 Gilze-Rijen (NL)
Destination airport:
Narrative:
The aircraft crashed on landing.
Crew:
Pilot / F/O. T. Socha (pol.pilot)

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T5477&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
12 April 1945 ML421 317 (Wilenski) Sqn RAF 1 Kistemaker farm at Abbekerk, Noord-Holland w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
12-Aug-2014 15:43 Shout Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Phase]
25-Mar-2020 10:37 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
31-Jan-2021 16:07 Nepa Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator]
15-Jun-2022 10:59 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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