Accident Supermarine Spitfire FR.14 SG-79,
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Date:Wednesday 20 September 1950
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic SPIT model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Supermarine Spitfire FR.14
Owner/operator:Belgische Luchtmacht
Registration: SG-79
MSN: TZ166
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:at Houtain-le-Val/Nijvel -   Belgium
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Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
BUILD : Eastleigh Aircraft Factory Chattis Hill
ENGINE : Griffon 65
RAF SERIAL: TZ166
BAF SERIAL: SG-79
Squadron code(s): UR-D

1945-08-27: to 33 Maintenance Unit, RAF Lyneham
1945-09-14: to 76 Maintenance Unit, RAF Wroughton
1945-10-26: to ASTH, (Air Service Training, Hamble)
1948-12-17: taken on charge by the Belgian Air Force as SG-79
1950-09-20: at Houtain-le-Val/Nijvel Cat.5, (cause never determined)
pilot: Kpt-Vl Rousseau Albert killed, 2 Wing 2 Squadron
1950-09-20: written off
1950-09-00: date out

Sources:

1. https://www.belgian-wings.be/supermarine-spitfire-fr-14-part-2
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p114.html
3. https://www.hangarflying.eu/erfgoedsites/graf-van-capt-av-albert-rousseau-spitfire-xiv-sg79/


Revision history:

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31-May-2023 05:33 Peter Ziegler Added

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