Accident Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk XVI RR227,
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Date:Tuesday 28 November 1944
Time:11:45 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic SPIT model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk XVI
Owner/operator:127 Sqn RAF
Registration: RR227
MSN: 9N-
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Bloksteeg road, Zwolle, Overijssel -   Netherlands
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Military
Departure airport:B.60 Grimberghen, Belgium
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 09:40 hrs for a recce operation to Zwolle.

S/Ldr (130.678) Otto Smik DFC (pilot) RAFVR - killed

Sources:

Na nebi hrdého Albionu
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4742&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
11 September 1944 PL326 127 Sqn RAF 1 North Sea 15 km southwest of Vlissingen, Zeeland w/o
3 November 1944 RK861 127 Sqn RAF 1 southwest of Tilburg, Noord-Brabant w/o
6 November 1944 PT649 127 Sqn RAF 1 Zilverbeekje near Hulshorst, Gelderland w/o
Mid-air collision
22 January 1945 RR236 127 Sqn RAF 1 Polder Zuidzijde, Oud-Alblas, Zuid-Holland w/o

Media:

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
15-Mar-2008 06:29 Nepa Added
27-Dec-2011 04:17 Nepa Updated [Time, Operator, Phase, Source, Narrative]
22-Oct-2019 14:10 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Embed code, Narrative]
22-Oct-2019 14:14 TigerTimon Updated [Departure airport]

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