Date:	Tuesday 22 April 1947
Time:	day
Type:	Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk XVI
Owner/operator:	61 OTU RAF
Registration:	SL546
MSN:	CBAF.4660
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Keevil, Trowbridge, Wiltshire -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Keevil, Trowbridge, Wiltshire
Destination airport:	RAF Keevil, Trowbridge, Wiltshire

Narrative:
SL546: Spitfire LF XVI, MSN CBAF.4660. Built at CBAF (Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory) with Merlin M266 engine. Delivered to 29 MU RAF High Ercall, Shropshire 30-7-45. Issued to 61 OTU, RAF Keevil, Trowbridge, Wiltshire 11-2-46.

Written off 22-4-47 when Hit fence on approach to RAF Keevil, Trowbridge, Wiltshire: The pilot undershot on approach to RAF Keevil, and struck the boundary fence. A successful overshoot was undertaken, and the Spitfire landed safely at the second approach attempt. However, the Spitfire had sustained severe damage to the undercarriage, mainplane, and fuselage after collision with the boundary fence on the first approach attempt. Consequently, it was not repaired, re-cat E and Struck Off Charge 29-5-47

1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p,61 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.294
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Haley, Air Britain, 1985)
4. ORB 61 OTU RAF: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR27
5. "RAF Write offs 1947": Air Britain Aeromilitaria No.2 1978: https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1978.pdf
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/production.html
7. https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/SL546
8. https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/90086-sl546
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Keevil#RAF_Flying_Training_Command_use

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
28-Apr-2013 12:01	Dr. John Smith	Added
05-Apr-2015 08:57	James JUMP	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location]
20-Nov-2019 01:23	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
18-May-2023 14:15	Dr. John Smith	Updated [[Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]]
02-Sep-2023 20:44	Dr. John Smith	Updated [[[Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]]]