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PostPosted: Sat May 27, 2023 10:07 pm 
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From the Aviation Safety Network entry:

"A Supermarine Spitfire FR Mk XVIIIe crashed when landing at Hildesheim Airport (EDVM ).
The pilot was slightly injured and the aircraft received substantial damage."

Quick history: built in 1945, served in Indian Air Force, recovered in 1978 and restored by Historic Flying Ltd to fly in 2000. Crashed on landing in 2010 (killing pilot/owner Bertil Gerhardt), acquired by Richard Lake and restored again back to flying in 2013, sold to owners in Germany in 2020.

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PostPosted: Sun May 28, 2023 1:26 am 
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(killing pilot/owner Bertil Gerhardt)

Bertil wasn't the owner. The company Biltema was.


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