Aircraft Photo of SM-29 | Supermarine 361 Spitfire LF9C | Belgium - Air Force | AirHistory.net #550238
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:SM-29
Military Code:MN-P
Aircraft Original Type:Supermarine Spitfire
Aircraft Generic Type:Supermarine Spitfire / Seafire
Aircraft Version:Supermarine 361 Spitfire LF9C
C/n (msn):CBAF.IX.1875
Operator Titles:Belgium - Air Force
Location
City / Area:Saffraanberg / Koninklijke School [ Off-Airport ]Map
Country:Belgium
 
Photo Date:4 July 1965
Photo by:Mike Cain
Photo ID: 550238
Photo Comment

Delivered to the RAF as MK912 March 1944. To R.Neth.A.F. July 1946 as H-119, later H-59. To Belgian A.F June 1952 as SM-29, to the BAF Technical School at Saffraanberg August 1955, where it was mounted on a plinth in the colours of 350 Sqn. To the Musée Royal de l'Armée in Brussels 1988. To UK as G-BRRA 1989, to Canada as CF-FLC but restored as G-BRRA June 2011. Badly damaged when it lost power taking off from Biggin Hill and made a forced landing on the airfield 1st August 2015. Later undergoing restoration.

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