Incident Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX MJ448,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49067
 
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Date:Thursday 1 March 1945
Time:09:30
Type:Silhouette image of generic SPIT model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX
Owner/operator:401 (City of Westmount) Sqn RCAF
Registration: MJ448
MSN: YO-
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Location:B.80 Volkel Airfield, Noord-Brabant -   Netherlands
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Military
Departure airport:B.88 Heesch
Destination airport:
Narrative:
9MU 7-11-43 83GSU 29-8-44 401S 21-9-44 CB ops 1-3-45 ASTH sold Turkey 2-5-47

Pilot / F/Lt. O.E. Thorpe

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=R1225J&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p067.html

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
27 October 1941 AB983 401 (City of Westmount) Sqn RCAF 1 French coast near Dunkirk w/o
27 October 1941 W3601 401 (City of Westmount) Sqn RCAF 1 Martin Hill, near Deal, Kent w/o
28 April 1942 AB917 401 (City of Westmount) Sqn RCAF 1 Whitfield Kent w/o
3 August 1943 BL339 401 (City of Westmount) Sqn RCAF 1 Underhill farm, Surrey w/o
20 December 1943 EN629 401 (City of Westmount) Sqn RCAF 0 near Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant w/o
21 June 1944 NH207 401 (City of Westmount) Sqn RCAF 1 1 mile west of advanced airfield B6, Coulombs, Calvados w/o
28 June 1944 MJ246 401 (City of Westmount) Sqn RCAF 0 Near Briouze, Normandy w/o
19 September 1944 JK795 401 (City of Westmount) Sqn RCAF 0 Gerwen, Nuenen, Noord-Brabant w/o
2 October 1944 MJ726 401 (City of Westmount) Sqn RCAF 0 Oosterheide heath along the Rechtestraat, Odiliapeel, Noord-Brabant w/o
2 October 1944 MJ300 401 (City of Westmount) Sqn RCAF 1 B.82 Grave Airfield, Noord-Brabant w/o
20 October 1944 MK676 401 (City of Westmount) Sqn RCAF 0 B.80 Volkel Airfield, Noord-Brabant w/o
20 November 1944 MJ604 401 (City of Westmount) Sqn RCAF 0 B.80 Volkel Airfield, Noord-Brabant w/o
8 December 1944 MJ245 401 (City of Westmount) Sqn RCAF 0 B.88 Heesch Airfield, Noord-Brabant w/o
22 February 1945 MJ851 401 (City of Westmount) Sqn RCAF 0 7 km N of Hengelo, Overijssel w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
27-Dec-2011 03:40 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Total occupants]
04-Mar-2016 11:35 Laurent Rizzotti Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Damage, Narrative]
18-Nov-2017 19:10 tachel Updated [Operator]
28-Feb-2020 08:55 TigerTimon Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
16-Jun-2022 08:11 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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