ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 160970
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| Date: | Monday 19 April 1948 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk XIX |
| Owner/operator: | FC CS RAF |
| Registration: | PS856 |
| MSN: | 6S 594680 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Bovingdon, Hertfordshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bovingdon, Hertfordshire |
| RAF Bovingdon, Hertfordshire |
PS856; Spitfire PR.XIX, MSN 6S-594680. Built at Vickers Armstrong (Supermarine) at Eastleigh, Southampton with Griffin G66 engine. Delivered to 1 Pilots Pool, RAF Benson, Oxfordshire 22-1-45. Cat. B flying accident 16-2-45. To HAL for repairs. To BAFO Communications Squadron, West Germany 1-1-46. To FCCS (Fighter Command Communications Squadron) at RAF Bovingdon, Hertfordshire
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 19-4-1948: Tyre burst on takeoff at RAF Bovingdon, Hertfordshire, aircraft belly-landed. During the take off run, a tyre burst. The pilot was able to get the Spitfire airborne safely, and, on return from the sortie, the pilot landed the Spitfire wheels-up.
Damage initially assessed as Cat. C (Repairable) 19-4-48. However, not repaired, re-cat E 3-5-48 and struck off charge.
Sources:
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. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. ORB FCCS RAF: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 27/2570: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2505208
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p091.html
6. https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/PS856
7. https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/91944-ps856
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Bovingdon#Postwar_uses
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Sep-2013 20:53 | JINX | Added |
| 27-Mar-2015 18:05 | Jixn | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Destination airport] |
| 30-Apr-2021 21:12 | TB | Updated [Location, Operator] |
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