Date:	Friday 2 August 1946
Time:	day
Type:	Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk VIII
Owner/operator:	10 Sqn RIAF
Registration:	MD222
MSN:	KEA.5119
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Pannganj, Kamarhi, Robertsganj, Uttar Pradesh -   India
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Ferry/positioning
Departure airport:	RIAF Bhopal, Gandhi Nagar, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
Destination airport:	RIAF Barrackpore, West Bengal, India
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
MD222: Spitfire LF. VIII, MSN KEA.5119. Built by Vickers Armstrongs (Supermarine) at Keevil, Trowbridge, Wiltshire with Merlin M66 engine. First Flown at Keevil 30-11-43. To 6MU RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire 2-12-43. To 222MU RAF North Luffenham 23-12-43 for packing and crating for overseas shipment. Shipped on the ss 'City of Adelaide' 16-1-44, arriving India 16-3-44. To 10 Squadron RIAF at RIAF Bhopal, Gandhi Nagar, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India by/on 1-5-45

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 2-8-46: Engine cut due to overload tank not operating, and aircraft force landed at Pannganj, Kamarhi, Robertsganj, Uttar Pradesh, India shortly after takeoff from RIAF Bhopal while aircraft was being ferried from RIAF Bhopal to RIAF Barrackpore, West Bengal, India

Crew of Spitfire MD222
Flying Officer (IND/2967) Robin Louis James Jebb, RIAF (pilot, aged 24) - survived with minor injuries

Damaged assessed as Cat. E 2-8-46. Not repaired, and Struck Off Charge 27-2-47

Robertsganj (Hindi: rŏbartsganj) also known as Sonbhadra City (Hindi: sōnbhadra nagar) is a city and a municipal board in Sonbhadra district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

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12. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robertsganj

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
13-Jun-2023 08:25	Nepa	Updated
15-Sep-2023 10:36	Dr. John Smith	Updated