ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 193502
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| Date: | Thursday 26 February 1948 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk IX |
| Owner/operator: | 335 Sqn RHAF |
| Registration: | MJ725 |
| MSN: | CBAF. |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North of Kefalovrysso, Larissa -
 Greece
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| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Sedes AB, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece |
Spitfire LF IX MJ725: Built by CBAF (Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory) with Merlin M66 engine. To 33MU RAF Lyneham, Wiltshire 12-12-43. To 82MU 22-12-43 for packing and crating for overseas shipment. Shipped on the SS 'Leeds City' 21-1-44, arriving Casablanca, Morocco 17-2-44. To 43 Squadron RAF coded 'FT-E' by/on 31-5-44. To 4 Squadron SAAF (South African Air Force). In August 1944 4 Sqaudron SAAF moved on to Sicily and to the Italian mainland in September from where it concentrated on ground attack missions until the end of hostilities. 4 Squadron SAAF remained in Italy for two months after the end of the war; on 12-7-45 its personnel began returning to South Africa. The squadron was disbanded in October 1945
Presumed stored in Italy from 31-10-45 until struck off charge upon transfer to Greece (RHAF - Royal Hellenic Air Force) on 29-5-47. Issued to 335 Squadron RHAF at Sedes AB, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece in August 1947
Written off (destroyed) when hit by flak North of Kefalovrysso, Larissa, 26-2-48. Pilot Flying Officer Konstantinos Dermetzoglou killed. According to a rough translation from Greek into English of the following report (see link #1 for the original Greek text):
"He took off from Sedes Air Base (ABS) to perform a war mission in Krania, Elassona, and was hit by anti-aircraft fire north of Kefalovryso, Larissa and fell. Aircraft and pilot were charred. Pilot: F/O Konstantinos Dermetzoglou (Lieutenant Konstantinos Dermetzoglou of Vasiliou). KIA".
Kefalovryso (Greek: Κεφαλόβρυσο) is a village and a community of the Elassona municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of Elassona, of which it was a municipal district
Sources:
1. https://polemikiaeroporiahaf.blogspot.de/search/label/Supermarine%20Spitfire
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p068.html
3. https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/85510-mj725
4. https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/MJ725
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._43_Squadron_RAF#Second_World_War
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4_Squadron_SAAF#World_War_II
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/335th_Squadron_(HAF)
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedes_Air_Base
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kefalovryso,_Larissa
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Feb-2017 14:19 | TB | Added |
| 25-Aug-2023 07:58 | Nepa | Updated |
| 25-Aug-2023 14:00 | Dr. John Smith | Updated |
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