ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 312217
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| Date: | Thursday 23 October 1947 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire LF.XVI |
| Owner/operator: | 203 AFS RAF |
| Registration: | SL575 |
| MSN: | CBAF IX.4689 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Chivenor, Barnstaple, Devon, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Chivenor, Barnstaple, Devon |
| RAF Chivenor, Barnstaple, Devon |
SL575: Spitfire LF. XVI, MSN CBAF IX.4689. Built by CBAF (Castel Bromwich Aircraft Factory) with Merlin M266 engine. To 6MU RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire 20-7-45. To 61OTU, RAF Keevil, Trowbridge, Wiltshire 25-3-46. To 203 AFS, RAF Chivenor, Devon 1-7-47.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 23-10-47 when swung off perimeter track and hit a building at RAF Chivenor, Barnstaple, Devon. The Spitfire was being taxied back to the dispersal pens at RAF Chivenor after landing. During the taxi back to the dispersal pens, the pilot swung the Spitfire too sharply, and it collided with the side of an air raid shelter.
Delivered to 39MU RAF Llandow, Glamorgan 30-11-47 for damage assessment. Not repaired, and struck off charge as Cat. E. Sold for scrap to J. Dale 8-7-48.
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.345
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain 1985. page 5)
4. 203 AFS ORB for the period 1-6-47 to 31-12-50: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 29/1771: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4101481
5. "RAF Write offs 1947": Air Britain Aeromilitaria No.2 1978: https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1978.pdf
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p099.html
7. https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/SL575
8. https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/90112-sl575
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Chivenor#1946%E2%80%941949
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-May-2023 20:07 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 07-May-2023 21:36 | Nepa | Updated |
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