Incident Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk IX H-68,
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Date:Friday 15 April 1949
Time:c.
Type:Silhouette image of generic SPIT model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk IX
Owner/operator:322 Sqn Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu)
Registration: H-68
MSN: CBAF-IX552
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Location:Semerang (Kalibanteng) Airbase, Java -   Indonesia
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:-
Destination airport:Semerang (Kalibanteng) Airbase, Java, Indonesia.
Narrative:
The aircraft was damaged during a wheels-up, belly landing at Semerang (Kalibanteng) Airbase, Java on 15/04/1949. Back in service May 1949 and returned to Holland Summer 1950.
Built 1943, Served with RAF Serial MH434. - to Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) 1947, serial H-105. - to Belgium Air Force 1953, Serial SM-41. - to Belgium Civil register 1956, OO-ARA. - to UK Civil Register 1963 G-ASJV

Sources:

http://duxfordfotogallery.co.uk/ofmc-p1/4570896902
http://www.old-flying-machine-company.co.uk/supermarine-spitfire-ixb-mh434/history/
http://www.mh434.com/history/
https://warbirds.fandom.com/wiki/Supermarine_Spitfire_Mk_L.F._IX_MH434
http://www.warbirdregistry.org/spitregistry/spitfire-mh434.html
https://planken.org/rnlaf/leeuwarden-air-base/322-squadron
https://nimh-beeldbank.defensie.nl/foto-s/detail/c1403adf-39d7-4ee5-b5af-392ee68e3d2f/media/4e4ba2ef-312e-0cba-0d02-c659a42b0bd9?mode=detail&view=horizontal&q=H-68&rows=1&page=1&fq%5B%5D=search_s_mediatype:%22Foto%27s%22
https://www.noarderljocht.com/mh434.html
https://www.strijdbewijs.nl/spitfire/mh434.htm

Images:


Imperial War Museum Duxford, Cambridgeshire, UK - 15th September 2010


Imperial War Museum Duxford, Cambridgeshire, UK - 15th September 2010


Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
19-Aug-2020 16:06 Peter Clarke Added
21-Aug-2020 16:55 Peter Clarke Updated [Photo]
20-Oct-2020 13:47 Cobar Updated [Date, Registration, Source, Narrative]
24-Oct-2020 10:12 Cobar Updated [Source]
24-Oct-2020 10:18 Cobar Updated [Source, Embed code]
24-Oct-2020 10:23 Cobar Updated [Embed code]
24-Oct-2020 10:33 Cobar Updated [Embed code]
24-Oct-2020 10:35 Cobar Updated [Embed code]
02-Sep-2021 14:02 Cobar Updated [Source, Narrative, Photo]
05-Jul-2023 09:02 Cobar Updated [[Source, Narrative, Photo]]
09-Jul-2023 19:36 Nepa Updated [[[Source, Narrative, Photo]]]

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