ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 176901
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| Date: | Monday 26 July 1948 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk IX |
| Owner/operator: | 335 Sqn RHAF |
| Registration: | PL356 |
| MSN: | CBAF. |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kléftis Hill, Grevena Region, near Spileon, Western Macedonia -
 Greece
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Larissa AB, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece |
PL356: Spitfire LF. IX, built by CBAF (Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory) with Merlin M66 engine. To 39MU RAF Colerne, Chippenham, Wiltshire 29-7-44. To 341 (G.C.III/2 'Alsace') Squadron RAF 14-9-44. Cat C (Repairable) accident 10-10-44. To 9MU RAF Cosford, Shropshire 18-1-45. To 12FU (Ferry Unit). To 1OADU (Overseas Aircraft Delivery Unit) 2-3-45 To MAAF (Mediterranea Allied Air Force) 12-3-45. To Middle East 9-8-45. To RHAF (Royal Hellenic Air Force) 30-1-47. To 335 Squadron, RHAF at Larissa AB, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece
Written off (destroyed) 26-7-48 on combat operations ("Operation Koronis"). Mission to attack Kléftis Hill, Grevena Region, near Spileon, Western Macedonia; hit by flak, caught fire, crash landed.
Crew:
P/O Nikolaos Athanasiadis (pilot) RHAF: killed in action 26=7-48
Kleftis (1,846m/6,056ft amsl) is a mountain in Greece in the Grevena Region, near Spileon, Western Macedonia
The prominence is 129m/423ft. It is close to the historic village of Spileon and is the site of a canyoning activity that takes place at the roots of Orliakas Mountains, inside the canyon of Kleftis (or Liatissa). Kléftis is also known as Kleftis, Kléftis, Spartsana, Spartsána. Its coordinates are 40.1 and 20.85 (in decimal degrees).
NOTE: Some published sources give the aircraft involved as Spitfire PV356, which was delivered to the RHAF on 27-5-48.
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/p087.html
3. https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/PL356
4. https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/87073-pl356
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._341_Squadron_RAF#History
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/335th_Squadron_(HAF)#Post%E2%80%93war_history
7. https://peakvisor.com/peak/kleftis.html?yaw=0.00&pitch=0.00&hfov=53.37
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Jun-2015 10:13 | TB | Added |
| 02-Jan-2018 18:20 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Registration, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Dec-2018 17:13 | TB | Updated [Registration, Narrative] |
| 08-Aug-2023 16:45 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [[Registration, Narrative]] |
| 09-Aug-2023 07:42 | Nepa | Updated [[[Registration, Narrative]]] |
| 18-Aug-2023 17:36 | Nepa | Updated [[[[Registration, Narrative]]]] |
| 20-Aug-2023 01:44 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [[[[[Registration, Narrative]]]]] |
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