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Date: | Tuesday 30 April 1946 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk XVI |
Owner/operator: | 17 SFTS RAF |
Registration: | TB862 |
MSN: | CBAF. |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 1/2-mile South of Digby, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Digby, Scopwick, Lincolnshire |
Destination airport: | RAF Digby, Scopwick, Lincolnshire |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:TB862: Spitfire LF.XVI. Built at CBAF (Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory) with Merlin 266 engine. Delivered to the RAF at 33 MU Lyneham 20-2-45. First issued for service to 421 (Canadian) Squadron RCAF 5-4-45 as "AU-C". Squadron was based at ALG (Advanced Landing Ground) B.78, Eindhoven, Netherlands at the time. Presumably stored after 421 (Canadian) Squadron disbanded 10-7-45 at ALG B.174 Utersen, Germany. Next issued for service to 17 SFTS, RAF Digby, Scopwick, Lincolnshire 11-2-46
Written off (destroyed) 30-4-46: mid-air collision with Spitfire RK849 near RAF Digby, Scopwick, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire. During formation flying practice, Spitfire TB862 was struck, and was badly damaged, by Spitfire RK849 (also of 17 SFTS). The pilot - Flight Lieutenant J P F Tate - bailed out safely, and parachuted to earth. Spitfire TB862 was destroyed when it dived into the ground half a mile south of Digby village, Lincolnshire
Damage immediately assessed as FACE (Flying Accident Cat. E) 30-4-46, and formally Struck Off Charge 14-5-46. The other Spitfire involved, RK849, only sustained Cat. A damage, and was repaired and returned to service. (Finally Struck Off Charge 8-3-48)
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.39 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.128
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. 17 SFTS ORB (Operations Record Book) for the period 1-2-20 to 31-12-49: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 29/699 at
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4100408 5. "RAF Write-offs 1946": Air Britain Aeromilitaria 1979 p.98:
https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1979.pdf 6.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p109.html 7.
https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=TB862 8.
https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/90616-tb862 9.
http://www.bcar.org.uk/1945-1949-incident-logs.php#1946 10.
https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/TB862 11.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._421_Squadron_RCAF#Second_World_War 12.
https://www.rcafassociation.ca/heritage/history/rcaf-and-the-crucible-of-war/421-squadron/ 13.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digby,_Lincolnshire Location
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
14-Jul-2021 12:54 |
Dr. John Smith |
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14-Jul-2021 21:28 |
Don Diego |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Operator] |
29-Jun-2023 21:08 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [[Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Operator]] |
16-Sep-2023 12:22 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [[[Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Operator]]] |