Date:	Tuesday 23 August 1949
Time:	day
Type:	Supermarine Spitfire PR Mk XIX
Owner/operator:	541 Sqn RAF
Registration:	PM626
MSN:	6S 683526
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	near Lower Sundon, 2 miles SW of Streatley, Berkshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Benson, Oxfordshire (EGUB)
Destination airport:

Narrative:
PM626: Spitfire PRXIX, MSN 6S 683526. Built at Vickers-Armstrongs Eastleigh with Griffon G66 engine. Delivered to 6 MU RAF Brize Noron, Oxfordshire 19-10-45. To RAF Leuchars 9-5-49. To 541 Squadron RAF Benson, Oxfordshire 31-5-49.

Written off (destroyed) 23-8-49 in mid-air collision with Spitfire PR.XIX PM629; aircraft was No.4 in a four aircraft formation. While moving into position for create a "box" formation the pilot lost sight of the No.2 aircraft ahead of him (PM629) and the two aircraft collided. Control of Spitfire PM626 was lost and the aircraft abandoned crashed near Lower Sundon, 2 miles South West of Streatley, Berkshire 23-8-49. Pilot bailed out safely

Aircraft Re-cat E and Struck Off Charge 6-9-49

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.524
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p089.html
5. https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/91911-pm626
6. https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=SM626
7. https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/PM626
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._541_Squadron_RAF#Postwar
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulham

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
20-Sep-2013 09:19	JINX	Added
12-Aug-2014 09:51	Jixon	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative]
05-Mar-2020 20:41	Iwosh	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative, Operator]
04-Aug-2023 19:13	Dr. John Smith	Updated [[Aircraft type, Location, Narrative, Operator]]
20-Aug-2023 09:18	Nepa	Updated [[[Aircraft type, Location, Narrative, Operator]]]