ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 343335
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| Date: | Thursday 18 August 1949 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk IX |
| Owner/operator: | 335 Sqn RHAF |
| Registration: | PT427 |
| MSN: | CBAF. |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Skirci, Macedonia -
 Greece
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Sedes AB, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
PT427: Spitfire LF. IX, built by CBAF (Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory) with Merlin M66 engine. To 39MU RAF Colerne, Chippenham, Wiltshire 17-7-44. To 222MU RAF North Luffenham 25-7-44 for packing and crating for shipment overseas. Shipped on the SS 'New Texas' 31-7-44, arriving Casablanca, Morocco 22-8-44. To Middle East 5-7-45. To RHAF (Royal Hellenic Air Force) 27-3-47 and issued to 335 Squadron, RHAF
Written off (destroyed) 18-8-49 when lost on combat operations. The Spitfire took off from Sedes AB, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece. Performing combat mission in the Skirci region, the aircraft was hit by anti-aircraft fire, and fell ablaze to the ground and burned.
Pilot: Flying Officer Vasilios Didaskalou (Lieutenant Vasilios Didaskalou of Elijah) Age 23. KIA.
Sources:
1. https://aviationarchaeology.gr/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Supermarine-Spitfire-losses-in-Greece-1942-1953.pdf
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p091.html
3. https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/PT427
4. https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/87204-pt427
5. https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=PT427
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macedonia_(Greece)
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Aug-2023 17:19 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 09-Aug-2023 07:36 | Nepa | Updated |
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