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Date: | Friday 15 April 1949 |
Time: | c. |
Type: | 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
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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
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