Incident Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk IX PT891,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49663
 
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Date:Wednesday 8 November 1944
Time:11:05 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic SPIT model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk IX
Owner/operator:349 (Belgian) Sqn RAF
Registration: PT891
MSN: GE-
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Nieuw-Vossemeer, Noord-Brabant -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:B.65 Maldeghem, Belgium
Destination airport:
Narrative:
The aircraft crashed while engaged in an operation to Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland.
The pilot, F/O. A. Uydens, was injured.

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4661&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
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
6 February 1945 PT946 349 (Belgian) Sqn RAF 0 B.77 Gilze-Rijen Airfield, Noord-Brabant w/o
6 February 1945 TA837 349 (Belgian) Sqn RAF 0 along the Winterdijk at Oosterwolde, Friesland w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
06-Nov-2017 18:16 Laurent Rizzotti Updated [Aircraft type]
19-Oct-2019 09:14 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]

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