ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 314939
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| Date: | Sunday 8 September 1946 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire F.XIV |
| Owner/operator: | 7 Sqn RIAF |
| Registration: | MV301 |
| MSN: | 6S 649213 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RIAF Miranshah, North Waziristan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa -
 Pakistan
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RIAF Miranshah, North Waziristan District, Khyber Pakhtunkh, British India |
MV301: Spitfire FR XIV, MSN 6S 649213. Built by Vickers Armstrong (Supermarine) at Keevil, Trowbridge, Wiltshire with Griffon G65 engine. To 33MU RAF Lyneham 22-2-45. To 215MU RAF Locharbriggs, Dumfries 27-6-45 for packing and crating for overseas shipment. Shipped on the SS 'Empire Gambia' 5-8-45, arriving India 30-8-45. To ACSEA (Air Command South East Asia) 13-9-45. To 7 Squadron RIAF at Miranshah, North Waziristan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, British India (Pakistan)
Written off (destroyed) 8-9-46 when engine failed on takeoff and crashed RIAF Miranshah; airframe destroyed by fire 8-9-46. Pilot killed
Crew of Spitfire MV301:
F/O (IND/3046) Ramash Chander Dhawan RIAF (pilot, aged 22) - killed on active service 8-9-46
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.212
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft MA100-MZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. 7 Sqn RIAF ORB for the period 1-6-45 to 30-6-1947: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR27/110/37: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8407377
5. "RAF Write-offs 1946": Air Britain Aeromilitaria 1979 p.103: https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1979.pdf
6. https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/MV301
7. https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=MV301
8. https://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/Aircraft/MV301
9. https://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/3046
10. https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/79897-mv301
11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miranshah
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Jun-2023 20:21 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 07-Jun-2023 20:22 | Dr. John Smith | Updated |
| 08-Jun-2023 08:07 | Nepa | Updated |
| 14-Sep-2023 09:39 | Dr. John Smith | Updated |
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