ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 798
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| Date: | Tuesday 4 June 1957 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire F Mk 9 |
| Owner/operator: | Schreiner |
| Registration: | PH-NFO |
| MSN: | CBAF.... |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Texel, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Texel, Netherlands | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
MK475 Spitfire LF Mk.IX. Delivered to RAF at 39MU 2-3-44. To 56 Squadron coded 'US-R' 9-5-44. Cat C Accident whilst on operations 3-6-44. Repaired on site 6-44. Returned to service, to 402 Squadron 24-8-44. To 64 Squadron 11-9-44. To General Aircraft Ltd 12-12-44 for modifications. To Scottish Aviation at Preswick 2-3-45.
Sold to Royal Netherland Air Force 15-4-48 as 'H-28, later '3W-14'. Civil registered as PH-NFO 22-9-54. Crashed 4-6-57 at Texel, Netherlands. Pilot, B. de Geus okay. Scrapped as deemed damaged beyond economic repair. As a result of this accident, all Dutch civil registered Spitfires had their certificates of airworthiness withdrawn, and were grounded.Engine failure on take-off and crashed.
Sources:
http://www.spitfires.ukf.net/p070.htm
http://www.strijdbewijs.nl/birds/spitfire/registraties.htm
http://www.lomt.nl/nieuwsbrief/LOMT_NB_201011.pdf
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Jan-2008 10:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 05-May-2012 12:42 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 25-Apr-2019 09:48 | Cobar | Updated [Phase, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 14-Jun-2022 18:25 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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