ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 313675
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| Date: | Wednesday 17 March 1948 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire F.XIV |
| Owner/operator: | 350 Sqn Belgisch Militaire Vliegwezen |
| Registration: | SG-28 |
| MSN: | EA. |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Beauvechain Air Base, Beauvechain, Wallonia -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Beauvechain Air Base, Beauvechain, Wallonia |
| Beauvechain Air Base, Wallonia (EBBE) |
RM787: Spitfire XIVe. Built by Vickers Armstrongs (Supermarine) at Eastleigh, Southampton, Hampshire with Griffon G65 engine. To 39MU RAF Colerne, Chippenham, Wiltshire 26-8-44. To 41 Squadron RAF coded 'EB-E' 20-9-44. 41 squadron was re-equipped with the Spitfire Mk. XIV in September 1944, and during the ensuing three months, participated in 'Big Ben' operations against V2 launch sites, in Operation Market Garden at Arnhem and Nijmegen, in operations in the Walcheren campaign, and in the Allied Oil Campaign over Germany
To Station Flight, RAF Lympne, Kent 16-11-44 coded 'CG', and thus the 'personal' aircraft of Wing Commander Colin Gray (see links #4 & #5). To 130 Squadron in Belgium 25-1-45. Cat B accident 30-3-45. To 409 RSU (Repair & Salvage Sections/Units) then ASTH (Air Service Training at Hamble) 30-4-45 for repairs.
Struck off RAF charge when transferred to BAF (Belgian Air Force/Belgisch Militaire Vliegwezen) as SG-28 15-1-48. Issued to 350 Squadron BAF at Beauvechain Air Force Base, Beauvechain, Wallonia coded 'MN-E'
Written off (destroyed) 17-3-48 when stalled on landing Beauvechain Air Force Base, Beauvechain, Wallonia and aircraft caught fire on impact. Pilot survived with injuries. Struck off charge the same day, and sold for scrap in April 1948
Beauvechain Air Base (ICAO: EBBE) is a Belgian Air Component military airfield in Belgium, located 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) south of Beauvechain in Wallonia (Walloon Brabant Province); 20 mi (32 km) east-southeast of Brussels.
NOTE:
The name 'Belgische Luchtmacht' is officially introduced on January 15, 1949. Before then it was called 'Belgisch Militair Vliegwezen'.
Sources:
1. https://www.belgian-wings.be/supermarine-spitfire-fr-14
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p096.html
3. Photo of crash: https://www.belgian-wings.be/supermarine-spitfire-fr-14/28
4. https://www.aikensairplanes.com/spitfire-mk-xiv-raf-lympne-wing-rm787-colin-gray-raf-lympne-england-october-1944/
5. Spitfire XIVc RAF Detling Wing CG Colin Grey RM787 Lympne 1944: https://www.asisbiz.com/il2/Spitfire/RAF-Wings/pages/Spitfire-XIVc-RAF-Detling-Wing-CG-Colin-Grey-RM787-Lympne-1944-01.html
6. https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/RM787
7. https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/101962-rm787
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._41_Squadron_RAF#Second_World_War,_1939%E2%80%931945
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._130_Squadron_RAF#History
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/350th_Squadron_(Belgium)#Under_Belgian_command
11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauvechain_Air_Base#Postwar/current
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-May-2023 05:23 | Peter Ziegler | Added |
| 04-Jun-2023 06:39 | Peter Ziegler | Updated |
| 25-Aug-2023 12:58 | Dr. John Smith | Updated |
| 25-Aug-2023 17:22 | Nepa | Updated |
| 28-Aug-2023 04:52 | Dr. John Smith | Updated |
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