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| Date: | Tuesday 23 December 1947 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire LF. IX |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Hellenic Air Force (RHAF) |
| Registration: | MK586 |
| MSN: | CBAF. |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Ano Prostova, Agrinio -
 Greece
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Elefsina AB, West Attica, Greece |
MK586: Spitfire LF IX: Built at CBAF (Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory) with Merlin M66 engine. To 8MU RAF Little Rissington Gloucestershire 24-3-44. To 66 Squadron 8-6-44. Cat C accident 20-6-44. Repaired and returned to 66 Squadron 27-7-44. To 453 Squadron RAAF 5-10-44. To 9MU RAF Cosford 29-4-45. To Mediterranean Allied Air Force 9-7-45. To AMI (Italian Air Force) 26-6-47. Transferred to Greece (RHAF - Royal Hellenic Air Force) 8-8-47
Written off (destroyed) 23-12-47 when hit by flak near Ano Prostova. Pilot Squadron Leader K Michaeledes killed. According to a rough translation from Greek into English (see link #1 for the original Greek text):
"...took off from Elefsina Air Base for a mission offensive reconnaissance in the area of Ano Prostova, Agrinio, when It was hit by anti-aircraft fire and crashed to the ground".
Agrinio (Greek: Αγρίνιο, Latin: Agrinium) is the largest city of the Aetolia-Acarnania regional unit of Greece and its largest municipality. It is the economical center of Aetolia-Acarnania, although its capital is the town of Mesolonghi.
Sources:
1. https://polemikiaeroporiahaf.blogspot.de/search/label/Supermarine%20Spitfire
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p070.html
3. https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/86085-mk586
4. https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/MK586
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._66_Squadron_RAF#Second_World_War
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._453_Squadron_RAAF#Europe
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agrinio
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elefsina#Modern_Elefsina
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Feb-2017 14:23 | TB | Added |
| 26-Aug-2023 20:13 | Dr. John Smith | Updated |
| 31-Aug-2023 20:08 | Nepa | Updated |
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