Date:	Saturday 17 April 1948
Time:	day
Type:	Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk XVI
Owner/operator:	614 (County of Glamorgan) Sqn RAF
Registration:	SL675
MSN:	CBAF.IX.4702
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Bristol Channel, 1.5 miles off Nells Point, Barry Island, Glamorgan -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Llandow, Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales
Destination airport:

Narrative:
SL675: Spitfire LF.XVI, MSN CBAF.IX.4702. Built by CBAF (Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory) with Merlin M266 engine. Delivered to 6MU RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire 1-8-45. To 17OTU 2-4-46. To 614 (County of Glamorgan) Squadron, RAF Llandow, Vale of Glamorgan 10-4-47. Cat C accident 25-11-47. Repaired and returned to 614 (County of Glamorgan) Squadron by 1.48

Written off (destroyed) 17-4-1948: The aircraft was seen to emerge from cloud in a dive and to attempt to level off over the Bristol Channel 1.5 miles off Nells Point, Barry, Glamorgan. However, the aircraft struck the water and broke up, killing the pilot

Crew: Pilot Officer (195753) Howard Hughes EVANS (pilot) RAF - killed on active service 17-4-48

The subsequent Board of Inquiry was unable to determine the cause of the accident

1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.387
3. Halley, J J,1985, Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100 to VZ999, p.6
4. ORB 614 Sqn RAF for the period 1-6-1946 to 31-12-1950: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR27/2522: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2505160
5. "RAF Write offs 1948": Air Britain Aeromilitaria No.1 1979: https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1979.pdf
6. http://www.spitfires.ukf.net/p099.htm
7. http://ciapoldiescorner.blogspot.co.uk/2008/12/614-sqn-aircraft.html
8. https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/SL675
9. https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/90083-sl675
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._614_Squadron_RAF#Post_war
11. https://coflein.gov.uk/en/site/515415?term=Spitfire%20SL675
12. http://www.ggat.org.uk/timeline/pdf/Military%20Aircraft%20Crash%20Sites%20in%20Southeast%20Wales.pdf
13. https://rauxaf.org/features-roll-of-honour-names-a-to-e/
14. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Island

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
28-Apr-2013 22:15	Dr. John Smith	Added
30-Apr-2013 16:39	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
09-Jul-2014 08:26	angels one five	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Nature]
27-Mar-2015 18:05	Jixon	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
05-Apr-2015 01:26	angels one five	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative]
05-Apr-2015 08:54	James JUMP	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative]
18-May-2019 23:53	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Nature, Source, Narrative]
24-Aug-2023 12:49	Dr. John Smith	Updated [[Time, Cn, Location, Nature, Source, Narrative]]