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| Date: | Tuesday 7 February 1950 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire FR.XIV |
| Owner/operator: | Belgische Luchtmacht |
| Registration: | SG-81 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Veurne, 25 km SW of Ostend -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Ex-RAF Spitfire FR.XIV TZ127; Delivered to the RAF at 9 MU Cosford 31-5-45. To 453 (Australian) Squadron 6-9-45 to Belgian Air Force as SG-81 18-1-49. Written off 7-2-49 when crashed into a canal. Control was lost at 300 m altitude at Veurne (West Vlaanderen), 25 km SW of Ostende, Belgium.
Sources:
1. http://www.belgian-wings.be/Webpages/Navigator/Photos/MilltaryPics/post_ww2/Supermarine%20Spitfire%20XIV/Supermarine%20Spitfire%20FR.14%20Frontpage.html
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p114.html
3. Photo of Spitfire SG-81: http://www.belgian-wings.be/Webpages/Navigator/Photos/MilltaryPics/post_ww2/Supermarine%20Spitfire%20XIV/Spit%2014%20SG081.html
4. http://www.adf-serials.com.au/spitfire.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Dec-2009 11:32 | harro | Added |
| 18-Oct-2019 16:43 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Registration, Location, Country, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Oct-2019 16:44 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 06-Nov-2022 12:35 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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