Incident Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk IX NH591,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49313
 
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Date:Monday 1 January 1945
Time:morning
Type:Silhouette image of generic SPIT model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk IX
Owner/operator:442 (Caribou) Sqn RCAF
Registration: NH591
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:B.88 Heesch Airfield, Noord-Brabant -   Netherlands
Phase: Standing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:B.88 Heesch (NL)
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Damaged beyond repair during German air raid while parked ("Unternehmen Bodenplatte").

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4916&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
06-Nov-2009 11:06 NePa Updated
01-Jun-2013 09:03 Nepa Updated [Operator, Phase]
13-Nov-2019 19:28 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative]
24-Feb-2020 14:28 Xindel XL Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Operator]
17-Jun-2022 03:37 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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