ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 309851
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| Date: | Thursday 12 May 1949 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk XVI |
| Owner/operator: | 612 (County of Aberdeen) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | TD249 |
| MSN: | CBAF IX.4263 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Dyce, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Dyce, Aberdeenshire |
| RAF Dyce, Aberdeen |
TD249: Spitfire LF XVI MSN CBAF IX.4263. Built at CBAF (Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory) with Merlin M266 engine. Taken on charge by 19 MU RAF St. Athan, South Glamorgan 16-3-45. To BCIS, RAF Finningley, Doncaster, South Yorkshire 5-7-46. To 614 (County of Glamorgan) Squadron RAF Llandow, Glamorgan 8-6-47. To 612 (County of Aberdeen) Squadron, RAF Dyce, Aberdeen 21-11-48
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 12-5-49 when swung to port on landing, and ran off runway at RAF Dyce, Aberdeen. Undercarriage collapsed during the runway excursion.
Aircraft not repaired: struck off charge as FACE (Flying Accident Cat. E) 29-6-49
No. 612 (County of Aberdeen) Squadron was reformed on 10 May 1946 at RAF Dyce as a fighter squadron of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force. Initially the squadron was equipped with Griffon-engine Spitfire F.14s and in November 1948 it got additional Merlin-engine Spitfire LF.16e fighters (including TD249)
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.498
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p110.html
5. 612 (County of Aberdeen) Sqn ORB for 1-6-1946 to 31-12-1950: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR/27/2518/3: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8423116
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._612_Squadron_RAF#Post-war:_on_Spitfires_and_Vampires
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberdeen_Airport#Early_years
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Mar-2023 18:09 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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