ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 176902
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| Date: | Wednesday 29 September 1948 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk IX |
| Owner/operator: | 335 Sqn RHAF |
| Registration: | MJ391 |
| MSN: | CBAF. |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kavala Air Base, Amygdaleonas, Eastern Macedonia -
 Greece
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Sedes AB, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece |
| Kavala AB, Amygdaleonas, Eastern Macedonia |
MJ391: Spitfire LF IX. Built by CBAF (Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory) with Merlin M66 engine. To 39MU RAF Colerne, Chippenham, Wiltshire 3-11-43. To 411 ARF 12-11-43. To 317 "City of Wilno" Polish Fighter Squadron 25-1-44. To 332 (Norwegian) Squadron RAF 8-6-44. To GAL (General Aircraft Ltd) Hanworth, Middlesex 29-11-44 modifications. To 12 Ferry Unit. To 1 OADU (Overseas Aircraft Delivery Unit) 11-3-45. to Mediterranean Allied Air Force 15-3-45. To Middle East 16-8-45. Transferred to RHAF (Royal Hellenic Air Force) 27-2-47. To 335 Squadron, Royal Hellenic Air Force at Sedes AB, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece
Written off 29-9-48 when crashed in flames near Kavala. Pilot Flying Officer N Mikas killed. According to a rough translation from Greek into English of the accident report (see link #1 for the original Greek text):
"Spitfire took off from Sedes Air Base. Probably hit by Anti-aircraft fire went down in flames near the airport at Kavala and burned. Pilot: F/O Nikolaos Mikas (Lieutenant Nikolaos Mikas of Athanasiou) Age 22. KIA."
Sources:
1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dibmfwd0vZ4
2. https://aviationarchaeology.gr/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Supermarine-Spitfire-losses-in-Greece-1942-1953.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p066.html
4. https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/MJ391
5. https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/85251-mj391
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._317_Polish_Fighter_Squadron
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._332_Squadron_RAF
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/335th_Squadron_(HAF)
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kavala_International_Airport#History
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kavala
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Jun-2015 10:17 | TB | Added |
| 17-Aug-2023 00:07 | Dr. John Smith | Updated |
| 18-Aug-2023 10:36 | Nepa | Updated |
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