ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 309800
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| Date: | Tuesday 14 June 1949 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk XVI |
| Owner/operator: | 203 AFS RAF |
| Registration: | TD321 |
| MSN: | CBAF 10499 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Chivenor, Barnstaple, Devon, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Chivenor, Barnstaple, Devon (EGDC) |
| RAF Chivenor, Barnstaple, Devon (EGDC) |
TD321; Spitfire LF XVI. MSN CBAF 10499: built at CBAF (Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory) with Merlin M266 engine. Taken on charge at 19 MU RAF St. Athan, South Glamorgan 30-4-45. To 61 OTU RAF Keevil, Wiltshire 29-1-46. Unit became 203 AFS at RAF Keevil, Wiltshire 1-7-47.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 14-6-49 when swung off the runway on landing and undercarriage collapsed at RAF Chivenor, Barnstaple, Devon. The pilot was on his second-ever solo flight on a Spitfire. During the landing, the aircraft swung off the runway in cross winds and the undercarriage collapsed.
Damaged initially assessed as Cat. C (Repairable) 14-6-49. However, repairs not proceeded with, and airframe re-assessed as Cat. E (scrap) 15-10-49. Struck off charge the same day
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.504
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. 203 AFS RAF ORB for the period 1-6-1947 to 31-12-1950: National Archives (PRO Kew) AIR29/1771: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4101481
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p110.html
6. https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/TD321
7. https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/90847-td321
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Chivenor#1946%E2%80%941949
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._8_Flying_Training_School_RAF#History_of_203_AFS
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Aug-2023 21:56 | Dr. John Smith | Updated |
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