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| Date: | Saturday 13 January 1951 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire FL9C |
| Owner/operator: | Belgische Luchtmacht |
| Registration: | SM-18 |
| MSN: | CBAF. |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Brustem AFB, Limburg -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Brustem, Sint-Truiden (Limburg), Belgium |
ML423 Spitfire LF.IXc Delivered to the RAF at 6 MU Brize Norton 27-4-44. To 1 Squadron CAC ops 9-6-44 . Damaged and ros (repaired on site) at Westland Aircraft Yeovil 14-8-45. To 29 MU RAF Hugh Ercall, Shropshire 22-12-45. Struck off charge and sold to Belgische Luchtmacht 9-7-48 as SM-18
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 13-1-51 when crashed at Brustem, Sint-Truiden (Limburg), Belgium
Sources:
1. https://www.belgian-wings.be/supermarine-spitfire-lf-ixc-e/sm-18
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p073.html
3. Supermarine Spitfire LF.IX SM-18 in a line-up at Brustem airbase in 1952: https://www.belgian-wings.be/supermarine-spitfire-lf-ixc-e/sm-18
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Nov-2008 10:15 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-May-2021 19:43 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 29-Jun-2022 11:19 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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