ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 47717
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| Date: | Friday 4 August 1950 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire FL9C |
| Owner/operator: | Belgische Luchtmacht |
| Registration: | SM-9 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Brustem AFB, Limburg -
 Belgium
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Brustem AB (EBST) |
| Brustem AB (EBST) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Ex-RAF MJ421; delivered to 9 MU RAF Cosford 2-11-43. To AFDU. To Cunliffe-Owen 7-4-45 for modifications. To CFE Tangmere 10-5-45 as "R-RH" 20-6-45. To Hawker Aircraft Ltd., Dunsfold 22-10-45. Struck off charge when sold to Belgische Luchtmacht as SM-9 on 26-8-47.
Written off in a fatal crash at Brustem Air Base, south of Sint-Truiden (Limburg), on 4 Aug 1950; pilot killed in a landing accident
Sources:
1. http://www.belgian-wings.be/Webpages/Navigator/Photos/MilltaryPics/post_ww2/Supermarine%20Spitfire%20IX/Supermarine%20Spitfire%20IX%20Frontpage.html
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p066.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Nov-2008 10:15 | ASN archive | Added |
| 19-Jul-2015 20:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Jul-2015 20:24 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 29-Jun-2022 11:09 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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