Accident Supermarine Spitfire HF Mk IX RK860,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 48959
 
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Date:Sunday 25 March 1945
Time:11:00 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic SPIT model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Supermarine Spitfire HF Mk IX
Owner/operator:124 (Baroda) Sqn RAF
Registration: RK860
MSN: ON-?
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Kortrijk hamlet, Breukelen, Utrecht -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Coltishall, Norfolk
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 09:35 hrs for an armed recce operation.
The aircraft crash-landed as result of exploding bombs.
Crew:
F/Lt. C.J. Maltby did not survive and rests at Breukelen.

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T5435&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
25 April 1942 W3332 124 (Baroda) Sqn RAF 1 English Channel 5 miles NW of Berck, Pas-de-Calais département w/o
27 April 1942 124 (Baroda) Sqn RAF 1 English Channel north of Dunkerque, département du Nord w/o
19 November 1942 BR569 124 (Baroda) Sqn RAF 0 Westerschelde between Vlissingen and Breskens, Zeeland w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
20-Mar-2020 08:53 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
19-Mar-2021 18:16 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative, Operator]
17-Jun-2022 09:23 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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