ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 238981
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| Date: | Wednesday 12 March 1947 |
| Time: | 11:00 |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk IX |
| Owner/operator: | EC 1/2 (Cigognes) Armée de l'Air |
| Registration: | PT844 |
| MSN: | CBAF. |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | between Bülach and Tößriedern near Rheinsberg, Eglisau -
 Switzerland
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Zurich-Dubendorf, Switzerland |
PT844: Spitfire LF IX. built at CBAF (Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory) with Merlin M70 engine. To 39MU RAF Colerne, Chippenham, Wiltshire 24-8-44. To 345 (GC II/2 'Berry') (Free French) Squadron RAF 12-9-44. To 340 (GC IV/2 Île-de-France) (free French) Squadron RAF, coded 'GW-L' 30-11-44. To 341 (G.C.III/2 'Alsace') (Free French) Squadron RAF 15-2-45. To 329 (GC I/2 'Cicognes')(Free French) Squadron RAF 14-6-45
Struck off RAF charge upon transfer to Armee de l'Air 24-11-45. On the 15-11-45 the squadron had already moved to Friedrichshafen, Germany via Le Bourget, France as EC 1/2 Cigognes (Fighter Squadron 1/2 "Storks"), a unit of the newly reconstituted 2nd Fighter Wing of the French Air Force
Written off (destroyed) 12-3-47: crashed into high timbered mountain between Bülach and Tößriedern near Rheinsberg, Eglisau, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland in dense fog. The plane was piloted by a Swiss pilot named Hans Rudolf Huber who was killed.
Sources:
1. L'Echo d'Oran 13 March 1947: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k67593641
2. Freiburger Nachrichten 13 March 1947, p7: https://www.freiburger-nachrichten.ch/?s=13+March+1947
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p093.html
4. https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=PT844
5. https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/80686-pt844
6. https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/PT844
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._345_Squadron_RAF#History
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._340_Squadron_RAF#History
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._341_Squadron_RAF#History
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._329_Squadron_RAF
11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eglisau
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Aug-2020 13:53 | TB | Added |
| 06-Jun-2021 12:20 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Sep-2023 20:44 | Nepa | Updated [[Time, Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative]] |
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