ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 314058
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| Date: | Friday 8 April 1949 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire FR. XIVe |
| Owner/operator: | Belgische Luchtmacht |
| Registration: | SG-92 |
| MSN: | EA. |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lombardsijde, Middelkerke in West Flanders -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
RM938: Spitfire XIVe, built by Vickers Armstrong (Supermarine) at Eastleigh with Griffon G65 engine. Delivered from Eastleigh, Southampton, Hampshire 23-11-44. Delivered to Vickers Armstrongs (Supermarine) at Aldermaston for completion. To 30MU RAF Sealand, Flintshire 6-12-44 and taken on charge. To 2 Squadron, RAF Celle, West Germany 15-2-45. Cat C (Repairable) damage 6-4-45. To 412 RSU (Repair and Salvage Unit) Reserve Pool 28-2-46
Taken on charge by the Belgian Air Force as SG-92 on 17-2-49
Written off (destroyed) 8-4-49: crashed at Lombardsijde due to structural failure. The Spitfire lost a wing at 1300 metres altitude during dive bombing practice. Pilot killed. Aircraft formally struck off charge 30-6-49
Lombardsijde, also Lombartzyde, is a district in the Belgian municipality of Middelkerke in West Flanders province, in northwestern Belgium near Nieuwpoort.
Sources:
1. https://www.belgian-wings.be/supermarine-spitfire-fr-14-part-2
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p097.html
3. https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/RM938
4. https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=RM938
5. https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/102255-rm938
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lombardsijde
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-May-2023 07:40 | Peter Ziegler | Added |
| 09-Aug-2023 21:37 | Dr. John Smith | Updated |
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