Date:	Thursday 4 September 1947
Time:	day
Type:	Supermarine Spitfire FR Mk XVIII
Owner/operator:	2 FP RAF
Registration:	TP227
MSN:	ALD.
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Sealand, Denbighshire, Wales -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Sealand, Denbighshire
Destination airport:	RAF Sealand, Denbighshire

Narrative:
Spitfire TP227: Built at Vickers Armstrongs (Supermarine) at Aldermaston with Griffon G65 engine. To 6MU RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire 2-2-46. To 47MU RAF Sealand, Denbighshire 4-9-47. 2 FP (Ferry Pool) RAF

Written off (damaged beyond repair) when stalled on landing and overturned RAF Sealand, Denbighshire 4-9-47. The Spitfire was landing in crosswinds at RAF Sealand, on the grass, at an angle to the runway in use. The aircraft landed heavily, bounced back 20 feet into the air, landed heavily again, and overturned, seriously injuring the pilot.

Not repaired and struck off charge 18-10-47 as Cat. E(FA)

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.385
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. "RAF Write offs 1947": Air Britain Aeromilitaria No. 1978: https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1978.pdf
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p113.html
6. https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/TP227
7. https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/102353-tp227
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MoD_Sealand#Early_history

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
10-May-2023 15:51	Dr. John Smith	Added
14-May-2023 19:30	Nepa	Updated
29-Aug-2023 16:07	Dr. John Smith	Updated