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Spitfire SM213

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model: LFXVI
factory: ?
engine: M266

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History:

6MU 23-10-44 66S 4-1-45 CB ops 23-3-45 151RU 341S 12-4-45 Hit by truck while parked GACB 6-6-45 411RSU CE 14-6-45

* for acronyms please see Spitfire Production
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by: deejay Spitfire Radio Transmitter Controller type 3 (easy usage with flying gloves) 2022-11-24 22:00:01

This R/T controller typical use in Spitfires with it's original mount for installing it to the forward port-side of the cockpit has scratched on it 'SM213'.
I very much assume it is from this aircraft, probably kept as a souvenir when scrapped in 1945.
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by: deejay Additional information 2024-02-05 13:23:09

Accident on Aril 12th 1945 most probably occurred at B.85 Schijndel airfield (as 341 squadron was operating from there at that time)
GACB = Ground Accident (followed by category): Beyond repair on site, but repairable at a Maintenance Unit or at a contractor's works [shown as 'CB']
CE = Write-off/Lost [shown as 'CE']
The shown controller was acquired in the Netherlands in 2020.
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