Date:	Saturday 29 May 1948
Time:	day
Type:	Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk XVI
Owner/operator:	595 Sqn RAF
Registration:	TE443
MSN:	CBAF IX.4577
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Manorbier, near Manorbier, Pembrokeshire, Wales -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Pembrey, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Destination airport:	RAF Manorbier, Pembrokeshire, Wales

Narrative:
Spitfire TE443: MSN CBAF.IX.4576. Built at CBAF (Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory) with Merlin M70 engine. Delivered to 9MU RAF Cosford, Shropshire 23-6-45. To 2 APS (Armament Practice Station), RAF Acklington, Amble, Northumberland, 5-2-46. Cat C accident at RAF Acklington 5-9-47, repaired on site. To 63 Squadron 22-3-48. To 595 Squadron, RAF Pembrey, Caernarvonshire 4-5-48

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 29-5-48 when forced landed at Manorbier, Pembrokeshire. The engine of Spitfire TE443 failed at an altitude of 1,000 feet agl, and the pilot, Squadron Leader J F B Carey, carried out a wheels-up landing in a field at RAF Manorbier, near Manorbier, Pembrokeshire, Wales, with the undercarriage retracted and the flaps down.

Damage assessed as Cat. E, and airframe Struck Off Charge 31-5-48. No reports of injuries to the pilot.

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2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.398
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
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6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p112.html
7. https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/TE443
8. https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/90893-te443
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._63_Squadron_RAF#Post-war:_enter_the_jets
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._595_Squadron_RAF
11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Manorbier#History

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
22-Apr-2023 20:04	Dr. John Smith	Added
07-May-2023 21:45	Nepa	Updated