Date:	Tuesday 8 November 1949
Time:	day
Type:	Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk XVI
Owner/operator:	CGS RAF
Registration:	TD340
MSN:	CBAF.10506
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Leconfield (near Beverley), East Riding of Yorkshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Standing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Leconfield, East Yorkshire
Destination airport:

Narrative:
TD340: Spitfire LF XVI, MSB CBAF.10506. Built by CBAF (Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory) with Merlin M266 engine. Delivered to the RAF at 29 MU High Ercoll, Shropshire 24-4-45. Issued to the CGS (Central Gunnery School), RAF 19-7-45

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 8-11-49 when struck by Miles Martinet EM617 (also of the CGS) in a ground accident at RAF Leconfield. The aircraft was 'parked up' and static at Leconfield, although the pilot, Master Pilot D C Helens was still on board. Miles Master EM617 taxied into the rear fuselage of Spitfire TD340, damaging the rudder, fin, starboard wing and cockpit canopy.

Damage initially assessed as Cat3(R) 8-11-49. However, not repaired, re-cat Cat.5(scrap) 23-12-49 and struck off charge. Miles Master EM617 was also deemed "damaged beyond repair" (see separate entry)

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.551
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. CGS RAF Leconfield ORB 1-1-1946 to 1-12-1950: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 29/1789: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4101499
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p110.html
6. https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=TD340
7. https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/90717-td340
8. https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/TD340
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Leconfield#Post_War

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