ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 163524
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| Date: | Thursday 2 December 1948 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk IXe |
| Owner/operator: | 335 Sqn RHAF |
| Registration: | PT660 |
| MSN: | CBAF. |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lefkonas, Seres Region, Central Macedonia -
 Greece
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Sedes AB, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece |
PT660: Spitfire LF IXe. Built at CBAF (Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory) with Merlin M66 engine. Delivered to 33MU RAF Lyneham, Wiltshire 28-7-44. To 22MU RAF Silloth, Cumberland 10-8-44 for crating and shipment overseas. Shipped on the SS 'Melampus' 20-8-44, arriving at Casablanca, Morocco 3-9-44. To 73 Squadron RAF: In December 1944 part of the squadron was moved to Greece to take part in the fighting against the Communist resistance attempting to seize power. In January 1945 the squadron returned to Italy
To 185 Squadron RAF which was based at: Peretola (1 January-30 April 1945): Pontedera (30 April-16 May 1945): Villafranca, and lastly (16 May-19 August 1945) Campoformido
Withdrawn from use when squadron disbanded at Campoformido, Italy 19-8-45. Transferred to the RHAF (Royal Hellenic Air Force) 27-2-47. To 335 Squadron, Royal Hellenic Air Force at Sedes AB, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece
Collided with AT-6D Texan s/n 42-85067 north of Serres during mission against guerillas. All crew members of both aircraft killed (one in the Spitfire, two in the Harvard). According to a rough translation from Greek into English of the accident report (see link #1 for the original Greek text):
"Mission to locate targets over Lefkonas area in Seres. Collided in air with a North American Aviation AT-6D (Harvard) aircraft which had taken off from Sedes airport and both crash-landed. Pilot of Spitfire: Flying Officer Eustratios Ververides (Lieutenant Efstratios Ververidis of Demetriou) Age 23. ΚΙΑ".
Lefkonas (Greek: Λευκώνας) is a village and a former municipality in the Serres regional unit, Greece.
Sources:
1. https://aviationarchaeology.gr/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Supermarine-Spitfire-losses-in-Greece-1942-1953.pdf
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p092.html
3. https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/PT660
4. https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/87348-pt660
5. https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=PT660
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._73_Squadron_RAF#World_War_II
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._185_Squadron_RAF
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/335th_Squadron_(HAF)
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedes_Air_Base
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lefkonas
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Jan-2014 20:50 | TB | Added |
| 21-Jun-2014 19:29 | aetosjm | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 22-Jun-2014 13:11 | harro | Updated [Other fatalities, Location] |
| 15-Sep-2014 20:25 | TB | Updated [Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Sep-2014 20:28 | TB | Updated [Operator] |
| 18-Sep-2014 17:59 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 14-Aug-2023 21:24 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [[Aircraft type]] |
| 14-Aug-2023 21:33 | Nepa | Updated [[[Aircraft type]]] |
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