Incident Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX PT946,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49201
 
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Date:Tuesday 6 February 1945
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic SPIT model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX
Owner/operator:349 (Belgian) Sqn RAF
Registration: PT946
MSN: GE-
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:B.77 Gilze-Rijen Airfield, Noord-Brabant -   Netherlands
Phase: Taxi
Nature:Military
Departure airport:B.77 Gilze-Rijen
Destination airport:
Narrative:
After the landing, the aircraft suffered an engine fire.

Pilot / F/O. A.R.E.E.A. Vanderheyden

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T5202&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
8 November 1944 PT891 349 (Belgian) Sqn RAF 0 Nieuw-Vossemeer, Noord-Brabant w/o
19 November 1944 NH241 349 (Belgian) Sqn RAF 1 Liendert, Amersfoort, Utrecht w/o
22 January 1945 PT851 349 (Belgian) Sqn RAF 0 near Ewijk, Gelderland w/o
3 February 1945 Pl131 349 (Belgian) Sqn RAF 0 B.77 Gilze-Rijen Airfield, Noord-Brabant w/o
Gear-up landing

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
03-Feb-2020 20:48 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
15-Jun-2022 11:10 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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