ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 66196
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| Date: | Friday 3 December 1948 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire LF. IX |
| Owner/operator: | JVS Twenthe Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu) |
| Registration: | H-11 |
| MSN: | CBAF. |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Vliehors Range, Vlieland, Friesland, Oost-Vlieland -
 Netherlands
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Twente Airport, Enschede, Overijssel, Netherlands (EHTW) |
MJ642: Spitfire LF. IX, built at CBAF (Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory) with Merlin M66 engine. To 9MU RAF Cosford, Shropshire 4-12-43. To GAL (General Aircraft Ltd) Hanworth, Middlesex 31-8-44. To 83GSU 26-9-44. To 401 (City of Westmount) Squadron, RCAF 18-11-44. During late 1944 the unit operated from ALG (Advanced Landing Ground) 'B-80' airfield in Volkel and then ALG 'B-88', near Heesch, in the Netherlands. 401 Squadron RCAF disbanded at Fassberg, West Germany on 3-7-45.
Presumed stored until struck off RAF charge upon sale to the Royal Netherlands Air Force (Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu)) 16-1-47. Became H-11 and coded 3W-11 with JVS Twenthe Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu)
Substantially damage 3-12-48 when hit a target on the Vliehors shooting range, Vliehors Range, Vlieland, Friesland, Oost-Vlieland, Netherlands, badly damaging the aircraft. The pilot had to make a belly landing.
According to a rough translation from Dutch into English of a contemporary newspaper report ("Nieuwsblad van Friesland: Hepkema's courant 06-12-1948" - see link #1 for the original Dutch text):
"LEEUWARDEN. On Friday, a Spitfire pilot, who took part in shooting exercises over Vlieland with his machine, was a bit enthusiastic. When he dived to one of the discs, which are on the Vliehors, he pulled up his plane too late and flew straight through the disc only a few meters above the ground.
The Spitfire was supposed to make an emergency landing, but the pilot was able to jump out while the plane, fortunately on favorable terrain, made a belly landing. The material damage was considerable".
Possibly repaired and returned to service, as Spitfire H-11 (MJ642) was struck off charge on 4-6-54, almost five years later. Reportedly preserved initially, but scrapped in 1960
Sources:
1. Nieuwsblad van Friesland: Hepkema's courant 06-12-1948
2. http://www.gahetna.nl/archievenoverzicht/pdf/NL-HaNA_2.13.165.ead.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p067.html
4. https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/85452-mj642
5. https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/MJ642
6. https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=MJ642
7. https://www.asisbiz.com/il2/Spitfire/RAF-322Sqn/pages/Spitfire-LFIXc-RAF-322Sqn-3WII-MJ642-RNEIAF-Holland-0A.html
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/401_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron#1942%E2%80%9344
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlieland
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Jan-2020 19:30 | Cobar | Updated [Date, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 27-Feb-2020 09:01 | Cobar | Updated [Operator] |
| 20-Jun-2022 02:48 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 09-Jul-2023 19:52 | Nepa | Updated [[Location]] |
| 14-Aug-2023 20:46 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [[[Location]]] |
| 16-Aug-2023 16:02 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [[[[Location]]]] |
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