Accident Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk XVI TB289,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 48989
 
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Date:Wednesday 21 March 1945
Time:14:50 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic SPIT model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk XVI
Owner/operator:340 (Ile-de-France) Sqn RAF
Registration: TB289
MSN: GW-N
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:B.85 Schijndel Airfield, Noord-Brabant -   Netherlands
Phase: Take off
Nature:Military
Departure airport:B.85 Schijndel (NL)
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Took off at 14:50 hrs for a dive-bombing operation to Zwolle in Overijssel.
Dropped bombs on troubles during take off. Explosion caused crash.
Lt. V. Beraudo did not survive.

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T5412&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
16-Mar-2020 10:02 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
16-Mar-2020 14:52 DG333 Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator]
14-Oct-2021 18:51 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Phase, Narrative]
16-Jun-2022 06:57 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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