ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 193498
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| Date: | Tuesday 6 April 1948 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk IX |
| Owner/operator: | 335 Sqn RHAF |
| Registration: | MA798 |
| MSN: | CBAF. |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | north of Domokos, Phthiotis -
 Greece
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| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Sedes AB, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece |
MA798: Spitfire LF. IX. Built by CBAF (Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory) with Merlin M63 engine. To 9MU RAF Cosford, Shropshire 18-7-43. To 47MU RAF Sealand, Flintshire 30-7-43 for packing and crating for shipment overseas, shipped on the 'R.732' 5-8-43, arriving Casablanca, Morocco 18-8-43. To 218 Group in North Africa 30-11-43. To 7 Squadron, SAAF Middle East 9-8-45. Transferred to RHAF (Royal Hellenic Air Force) 27-2-47. Issued to 335 Squadron, RHAF at Sedes AB, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece
Written off (destroyed) 6-4-48 when failed to return from combat operations. Hit by flak north of Domokos, Phthiotis, Greece. Pilot: F/O Dimitrios Varelas (Lieutenant Dimitrios Varelas of Christodoulou) RHAF: Killed in Action.
Domokos (Greek: Δομοκός), the ancient Thaumacus or Thaumace (Θαυμακός, Θαυμάκη), is a town and a municipality in Phthiotis, Greece. The town Domokos is the seat of the municipality of Domokos and of the former Domokos Province. The town is built on a mountain slope overlooking the plain of Thessaly, 38 km from the city of Lamia.
Sources:
1. https://polemikiaeroporiahaf.blogspot.de/search/label/Supermarine%20Spitfire
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p058.html
3. https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/84429-ma798
4. https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/MA798
5. https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=MA798
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/335th_Squadron_(HAF)#Post%E2%80%93war_history
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domokos
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Feb-2017 09:04 | TB | Added |
| 18-May-2023 17:04 | Nepa | Updated |
| 24-Aug-2023 13:32 | Dr. John Smith | Updated |
| 25-Aug-2023 08:00 | Nepa | Updated |
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