ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 47703
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| Date: | Monday 14 January 1952 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire FL Mk IXC |
| Owner/operator: | Belgische Luchtmacht |
| Registration: | SM-19 |
| MSN: | MJ482 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kortenbos, Limburg -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
BUILD : Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory
ENGINE : Merlin 66
C/N :
RAF SERIAL: MJ482
BAF SERIAL: SM-19
1943-11-13: to 9 Maintenance Unit
1944-06-27: to Miles Aircraft
1944-08-19: to 83 GSU
1944-08-31: to 131 Wing HQ
1944-10-14: to 317 Squadron CB ops
1945-05-17: 4FSCU Dyce
1946-09-02: to 165 Squadron
1946-09-02: to 66 Squadron
1948-07-10: date in
1951-02-07: ground collision with Harvard H-107
0000-00-00: at EBST Brustem, Cat.3 on his nose
1952-01-14: at Kortenbos Cat.5 crash, on 1ste solo flight as student pilot
pilot: Sgt leerling-piloot Delcon Gilbert killed,
1952-09-01: written off
1952-09-00: date out
0000-00-00: scrapped
Gilbert Delcon had been trained in Texas (USA) in 1951 and was on his first solo flight when he crashed.
Sources:
Family records. Gilbert Van Hoeydonck's "Spitfire", an e-book published in 2016, tells the story of Gilbert Delcon's life.
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-leerling-piloot-gilbert-delcon-spitfire-ix-sm19/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Nov-2008 10:15 | ASN archive | Added |
| 02-Sep-2015 19:17 | purplezengoat | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Jul-2017 05:32 | Gilbert Van Hoeydonc | Updated [Source, Embed code] |
| 21-Feb-2020 22:24 | Iwosh | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 07-Nov-2022 07:36 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 03-Jun-2023 16:59 | Peter Ziegler | Updated [[Location]] |
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