ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 236557
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| Date: | Thursday 9 June 1949 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk IXc |
| Owner/operator: | JVS Twenthe Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu) |
| Registration: | H-32 |
| MSN: | CBAF. |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Iserlohn, Märkischer Kreis district, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Twente Airport, Enschede, Overijssel, Netherlands (EHTW) |
MK202: Spitfire LF.IX, built at CBAF (Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory) with M66 engine. To 9MU RAF Cosford, Shropshire 28-1-44. To 485 (New Zealand) Squadron RAF Hornchurch, Essex as 'OU-S' 23-2-44. To 340 (GC IV/2 Île-de-France) (Free French) Squadron RAF 8-6-44. To 414 (City of Sarnia) Squadron RCAF 6-8-44. Cat C (Repairable) damage 6-11-44. To 39MU RAF Colerne, Chippenham, Wiltshire 5-12-44 for long term storage
Struck off charge upon sale to Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu) (Royal Netherlands Air Force) 12-4-47. Delivered to JVS Twenthe Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu) 13-6-47 as 'H-32. Wore the squadron code '3W-20'.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 9-6-49: Emergency landing due to an engine failure at Iserlohn, Märkischer Kreis district, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany. Iserlohn is located at the north end of the Sauerland near the Ruhr river, in West-Central Germany.
Sources:
1. Leeuwarder courant : hoofdblad van Friesland10-06-1949
2. https://ipms.nl/artikelen/nedmil-luchtvaart/vliegtuigen-s/vliegtuigen-s-spitfire
3. https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/85792-mk202
4. https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/MK202
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._485_Squadron_RNZAF#1944
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._340_Squadron_RAF#History
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._414_Squadron_RCAF#World_War_II
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iserlohn#Geography
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-May-2020 14:41 | Cobar | Added |
| 08-Dec-2020 15:42 | Anon. | Updated [Operator] |
| 09-Jul-2023 19:43 | Nepa | Updated [[Operator]] |
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