ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 66192
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| Date: | Friday 18 November 1949 |
| Time: | 12:15 |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire IX |
| Owner/operator: | JVS Twenthe Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu) |
| Registration: | H-33 |
| MSN: | CBAF. |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Twente AFB, Enschede, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Twente, Enschede, Overijssel, Netherlands (EHTW) |
| Twente, Enschede, Overijssel, Netherlands |
NH197: Spitfire LF. IX, built by CBAF (Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory) with Merlin M66 engine. To 6MU RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire 8-5-44. To 215MU RAF Lacharbriggs, Dumfries 25-5-44. To GAL (General Aircraft Ltd) Hanworth, Middlesex 16-8-44. To 302 (Netherlands) Squadron RAF 2-11-44. To 308 (City of Krakow) (Polish) Squadron RAF 4-1-45. To 1FPP (Ferry Pilots Pool): Cat. C (Repairable) damage when swung and hit tree stump at RAF Lasham, Hampshire 18-3-45. Repaired on site. To 47MU RAF Sealand, Flintshire 9-1-47. Struck off charge when sold to Royal Netherlands Air Force 20-5-47 as "H-33"
Written off (destroyed) 18-11-49 when crashed at 12.15 local time at Twente AFB, Netherlands. Failed to pull out of a dive and hit the KLM building at Twente, Enschede, Overijssel, Netherlands (EHTW), killing the pilot and one person inside the building. The two badly injured persons - pilot and person on ground - survived the initial impact, but died later that evening in the hospital.
The Spitfire was officially struck off Klu charge as "destroyed" 27-6-50
Twente Airport (IATA: ENS, ICAO: EHTW) is located 2 NM (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) outside of Enschede in Overijssel, Netherlands. It has one runway (05/23), though two of the current taxiways and platforms have been used as runways (Platform A, former runway 11/29 and Platform C, former runway 16/34).
Sources:
1. Twentsch dagblad Tubantia en Enschedesche courant en Vrije Twentsche courant 19-11-1949: https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?coll=ddd&identifier=MMSAEN01:000058677:mpeg21:p002&objectsearch=Spitfire
2. https://ipms.nl/artikelen/nedmil-luchtvaart/vliegtuigen-s/vliegtuigen-s-spitfire
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p078.html
4. https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/86614-nh197
5. https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=NH197
6. https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/NH197
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._308_Polish_Fighter_Squadron#History
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enschede_Airport_Twente
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Netherlands_Air_Force#World_War_II_and_late_1940s
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Jan-2020 20:08 | Cobar | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Dec-2020 22:35 | Cobar | Updated [Operator] |
| 10-Jun-2022 14:30 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 13-Aug-2022 05:58 | Anon. | Updated [Photo] |
| 02-Aug-2023 14:39 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [[Photo]] |
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