ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 313768
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| Date: | Friday 14 March 1952 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire FR.14 |
| Owner/operator: | Belgische Luchtmacht |
| Registration: | SG-68 |
| MSN: | RB156 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Mielen-boven-Aalst -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | |
| Nature: | |
| Departure airport: | |
| EBFN Koksijde (B) |
BUILD : Eastleigh Aircraft Factory Chattis Hill
ENGINE : Griffon 65
RAF SERIAL: RB156
BAF SERIAL: SG-68
Squadron code(s): GE-F, IQ-F
1943-12-19: FF (First flew)
1943-12-27: to 33 Maintenance Unit, RAF Lyneham
1944-02-09: to 610 Squadron, RAF Warmwell as DW-B,
1944-02-12: at Somerset, engine trouble,
pilot: f/l Harrowbeer
1944-05-13: to de Havilland 'Gem' mods
1944-07-12: 610 Squadron RAF Warmwell, Cat.CB
1945-06-04: ros (Repair on Site) ASTH (Air Service Training, Hamble)
1948-10-29: taken on charge by the Belgian Air Force as SG-68
1952-03-14: at Mielen-boven-Aalst Cat.5 crash,
pilot: Sgt-Vl Stoffels Henri, killed
(Fighter flying school at EBFN Koksijde/seconded in EBST Brustem)
1952-03-00: written off
1952-05-00: date out
Sources:
1. https://www.belgian-wings.be/supermarine-spitfire-fr-14-part-2
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p095.html
3. https://www.hangarflying.eu/erfgoedsites/graf-van-sgt-vl-henri-stoffels-spitfire-xiv-sg68/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-May-2023 05:36 | Peter Ziegler | Added |
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