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Date: | Saturday 2 October 1948 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk IX |
Owner/operator: | 331 Skv. Luftforsvaret (RNoAF) |
Registration: | PT536 |
MSN: | CBAF. |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Kjevik Air Base, Kristiansand Municipality, Agder county -
Norway
|
Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Kjevik Air Base, Kristiansand Municipality, Agder county, (KRS/ENCN) |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Spitfire PT536: built by CBAF (Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory) with Merlin M66 engine. To 45MU RAF Kinloss, Morayshire 14-8-44. To 341 (G.C.III/2 'Alsace') (Free French) Squadron RAF 31-8-44. Cat C (Repairable) accident damage on operations 30-9-44. To 411RSU for repairs. To 331 (Norwegian) Squadron coded 'FN-D' later given the "personal" code letters 'JR' for major John Ryg (ex. Wing Commander (Flying) No. 132 (Norwegian) Wing) 10-5-45.
Following the end of the war, the wing flew to Norway and on 21-9-45, 331 Squadron was officially disbanded as an RAF unit, with control passed to the re-formed Royal Norwegian Air Force (R No AF). To 331skv Royal Norwegian Air Force coded 'A-AC' from 21-9-45
Major accident 2-10-48 according to the aircraft card issued by the Flyfordelingskontoret (Aircraft distribution Office) at Kjeller Air Depot. However, no such accident has been traced in the records of the RNoAF for the period 1945-1954. Total airframe hours 117:35
Sources:
1.
http://flyblader.com/onewebmedia/Nr%201%20Spitfire%20IX.pdf 2.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p092.html 3.
https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/87259-pt536 4.
https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=PT536 5.
https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/PT536 6.
https://aeroflight.co.uk/waf/norway/af/types/af-spitfire.htm 7.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._341_Squadron_RAF 8.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._331_Squadron_RAF 9.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristiansand_Airport#Early_operation Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
24-Nov-2015 18:54 |
TB |
Added |
24-Nov-2015 20:33 |
TB |
Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source] |
15-Aug-2023 07:10 |
Nepa |
Updated |
16-Aug-2023 15:46 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated |
17-May-2024 10:53 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, Operator] |
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