Accident Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX PL326,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50150
 
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Date:Monday 11 September 1944
Time:13:13 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic SPIT model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX
Owner/operator:127 Sqn RAF
Registration: PL326
MSN: 9N-
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:North Sea 15 km southwest of Vlissingen, Zeeland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Lille-Nord (B.57), France
Destination airport:
Narrative:
On a recce operation, the aircraft was hit by Flak and crashed.
The RAAF pilot, P/O. C.D. Bell, is buried Oostende, Belgium.

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4003&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
3 November 1944 RK861 127 Sqn RAF 1 southwest of Tilburg, Noord-Brabant w/o
6 November 1944 PT649 127 Sqn RAF 1 Zilverbeekje near Hulshorst, Gelderland w/o
Mid-air collision
28 November 1944 RR229 127 Sqn RAF 1 Kamperweg road, Zwolle, Overijssel w/o
28 November 1944 RR227 127 Sqn RAF 1 Bloksteeg road, Zwolle, Overijssel w/o
22 January 1945 RR236 127 Sqn RAF 1 Polder Zuidzijde, Oud-Alblas, Zuid-Holland w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
13-Sep-2013 02:12 JINX Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative]
25-Mar-2015 18:23 Route Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
31-Aug-2019 19:29 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]

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