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Date: | Friday 29 March 1946 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Supermarine Spitfire F Mk XIV |
Owner/operator: | 7 Sqn RIAF |
Registration: | TZ108 |
MSN: | 6S 676475 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Maharajpur, Kanpur District, Uttar Pradesh -
India
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RIAF Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India |
Destination airport: | Maharajpur, Kanpur District, Uttar Pradesh, India |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:TZ108: Spitfire FR. XIV, MSN 6S-676475. Built by Vickers Armstrongs (Supermarine) at Aldermaston with Griffon G65 engine. To 39MU RAF Colerene, Chippenham, Wiltshire 12-5-45. To 82MU RAF Lichfield, Fradley, Staffordshire 16-6-45 for packing and crating for shipment overseas. Shipped on the ss 'Empire Gambia' 5-8-45, arriving India 30-8-45. To ACSEA (Air Command South East Asia) 6-9-45. To 7 Squadron RIAF at RIAF Kohat, Kohat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, British India (Pakistan) by 1-1-46
In November 1945, 7 Squadron RIAF moved to Gwalior, where it converted to Spitfire Mk. XIVs, which it flew from December 1945 till July 1947, when the squadron converted to the Tempest Mk. II.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 29-3-46: swung on landing and undercarriage collapsed at Maharajpur, Kanpur District, Uttar Pradesh, India. The pilot failed to correct a swing to port off the runway when landing in a strong crosswind. The Spitfire swung off the runway, into soft ground, and became bogged down, causing the undercarriage to collapse. Pilot uninjured
Crew of Spitfire TZ108
Pilot Officer (IND/2986) Jagdish Ranganath Bankapur (Pilot) - safe (survived uninjured)
Not repaired; Struck Off Charge 25-4-46 as Cat. E(FA)
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.123
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. 7 Sqn RIAF ORB for the period 1-1-1946 to 31-5-1947: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 27/2392/1:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8418937 5. "RAF Write-offs 1946": Air Britain Aeromilitaria 1979 p.97:
https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1979.pdf 6.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p114.html 7.
https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/80199-tz108 8.
https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=TZ108 9.
https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/TZ108 10.
https://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/Aircraft/TZ108 11.
https://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/2986 12.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._7_Squadron_IAF#Burma_Operations 13.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maharajpur,_Kanpur Location
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
05-Jul-2023 18:28 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
05-Jul-2023 21:44 |
Nepa |
Updated |
16-Sep-2023 14:41 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated |