Date:	Tuesday 23 August 1949
Time:	day
Type:	Supermarine Spitfire PR Mk XIX
Owner/operator:	541 Sqn RAF
Registration:	PM629
MSN:	6S 683526
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	near Sulham, 2 miles south of Pangbourne, Berkshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Benson, Oxfordshire (EGUB)
Destination airport:

Narrative:
PM629: Spitfire PRXIX, MSN 6S 683526. Built at Vickers-Armstrongs Eastleigh with Griffon G66 engine. Delivered to 6 MU RAF Brize Noron, Oxfordshire 1-11-45. To 61 OTU 17-7-46. To RAF Leuchars 26-2-49. To 541 Squadron RAF Benson, Oxfordshire 16-3-49.

Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed 23-8-49: 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 (PM626) and the two aircraft collided. Control of Spitfire PM629 was lost and the aircraft abandoned and force landed in a field near Sulham, 2 miles south of Pangbourne, Berkshire. The pilot was uninjured.

Aircraft Re-cat E and Struck Off Charge 23-8-49

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.525
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-pm629
6. https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=SM629
7. https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/PM629
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 09:20	JINX	Added
27-Mar-2015 17:56	Jixon	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
05-Mar-2020 20:39	Iwosh	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Operator]
04-Aug-2023 19:10	Dr. John Smith	Updated [[Aircraft type, Location, Operator]]
20-Aug-2023 09:17	Nepa	Updated [[[Aircraft type, Location, Operator]]]