Incident Supermarine Spitfire FR Mk 14 SG-97,
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Date:Thursday 20 September 1951
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic SPIT model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Supermarine Spitfire FR Mk 14
Owner/operator:Belgische Luchtmacht
Registration: SG-97
MSN: TZ154
Fatalities:Fatalities: / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Unknown
Location:RAF Fassberg /Faßberg, Lower Saxony, West Germany. -   Germany
Phase: Take off
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Fassberg, Lower Saxony.
Destination airport:
Narrative:
BUILD : Eastleigh Aircraft Factory Chattis Hill
COMPLETED: Aldermaston Factory
ENGINE : Griffon 65
RAF SERIAL: TZ154
BAF SERIAL: SG-97
Squadron code(s): 3R-O, YL-Q

1945-07-17: to 33 Maintenance Unit, RAF Lyneham
1945-10-04: to 76 Maintenance Unit, RAF Wroughton
1945-11-22: 'Clan MacBrayne'
0000-00-00: returned to 76 Maintenance Unit, RAF Wroughton, for re-erection
1949-05-11: taken on charge by the Belgian Air Force as SG-97
1951-09-20: at Fassberg (D), the aircraft hit trees on take off,
damaged on the leading edge, the lower cowling
pilot: Olt-Vl Wodon OK, 3 Squadron, EBFS Florennes
1951-11-00: date out

Sources:

1. https://www.belgian-wings.be/supermarine-spitfire-fr-14-part-3
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p114.html
3. Eric Dessouroux

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
01-Jun-2023 05:41 Peter Ziegler Added
07-Jul-2023 09:07 Nepa Updated

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