Accident Supermarine Spitfire FL9C SM-10,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 47708
 
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Date:Friday 14 December 1951
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic SPIT model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Supermarine Spitfire FL9C
Owner/operator:Belgische Luchtmacht
Registration: SM-10
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Sint-Truiden -   Belgium
Phase: En route
Nature:Unknown
Departure airport:EBST Brustem
Destination airport:EBST Brustem
Confidence Rating: Little or no information is available
Narrative:
BUILD : Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory
ENGINE : Merlin 66
C/N :
RAF SERIAL: TA855
BAF SERIAL: SM-10
1944-10-02: to 45 Maintenance Unit
1944-10-23: 7FPP Heavy landing drifted and undercarriage collapsed Sherburn FACB
Pilot: T/O Miss SJ Peteren safe
1945-05-16: to 129 Squadron as 'DV-V'
1946-05-27: ros (Repair On Site)
1947-08-26: taken on charge by the Belgian Air Force
1951-12-14: at Sint-Truiden, dived into the ground from high altitude
pilot: Sgt-Vl Guyot Willy killed,
He got his wings three days before the crash, on 11-12-1951
1951-12-14: written off


Sources:

https://www.belgian-wings.be/supermarine-spitfire-lf-ixc-e
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/production.html
https://www.hangarflying.eu/erfgoedsites/graf-van-sgt-vl-willy-guyot-spitfire-ix-sm10/

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
07-Nov-2008 10:15 ASN archive Added
04-May-2023 05:12 Peter Ziegler Updated

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