ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 241171
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| Date: | Saturday 11 September 1948 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire LF. IXe |
| Owner/operator: | GC 2/4 (La Fayette) Armée de l'Air |
| Registration: | ML137 |
| MSN: | CBAF. |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lac Tho (Tonkin), French Indo-China -
 Vietnam
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
ML137: Spitfire LF. IXe. Built at CBAF (Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory) with Merlin M66 engine. To 46MU RAF Lossiemouth, Morayshire 22-3-44. To 350 (Belgian) Squadron 'MN-Z' 9-7-44. To 322 (Dutch) Squadron RAF 4-9-44. as '3W-W'. Cat. C (Repairable) damaged, repaired on site by ASTH (Air Service Training Hamble), Hamble, Hampshire 18-1-45. Transferred to Armee de l'Air 8-8-46; to GC1/2, coded "P". To GC 2/4 `La Fayette` in 1947 in French Indo-China (Vietnam)
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 11-9-48 when crashed at Chiêu Ghen, Hồ, Thuận Thành, Bac Ninh Province, Vietnam (then known as Lac Tho, Tonkin, French Indo China). Roger Bigonneau, born 2-5-1921, master pilot sergeant at the La Fayette Fighter Group, died at the controls of his aircraft during an assault mission on 11-9-48 in Lac-Tho (Tonkin).
Sources:
1. https://www.aerosteles.net/stelefr-quincy-bigonneau
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p072.html
3. https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/86412-ml137
4. https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/ML137
5. http://hedgehoghollow.com/awoic/french_spitfires.html
6. https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234985622-french-mk-ix-spitfire-indochina-wings-help-needed-please/
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._322_(Dutch)_Squadron_RAF#History
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/350th_Squadron_(Belgium)#With_the_Royal_Air_Force
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonkin#19th_and_20th_centuries
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Sep-2020 13:49 | TB | Added |
| 18-Aug-2023 09:33 | Nepa | Updated |
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