Date:	Tuesday 19 February 1946
Time:	day
Type:	Supermarine Spitfire LF. IX
Owner/operator:	6 Sqn RAF
Registration:	PV136
MSN:	CBAF.
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Ramat David, 4 km south of Ramat Yishay, Palestine -   Israel
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Ramat David, Ramat Yishay, Palestine
Destination airport:	RAF Ramat David, Ramat Yishay, Palestine
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
PV136: Spitfire LF. IX, built by CBAF (Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory) with Merlin M66 engine. To 9MU RAF Cosford, Shropshire 31-8-44. Shipped on the SS 'Queens Park' 13-9-44, arriving Casablanca, Morocco 23-9-44. To Middle East Air Command 16-8-45. 6 Squadron RAF Ramat David, Palestine early in November 1945 coded "JV-K"

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 19-2-46 when swung on landing and overturned at RAF Ramat David, 4 km south of Ramat Yishay, Palestine. The aircraft swung off the runway on landing at Ramat David, and onto a patch of hardcore concrete which was covering a drain. The Spitfire continued to swing off the runway, and ran into a patch of soft ground, where the wheels dug in, and the aircraft overturned. The pilot appears to have survived unharmed.

Not repaired; Struck Off Charge 28-2-46 as Cat. E2(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.76
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. 6 Sqn RAF ORB for the period 1-1-1946 to 31-12-1950: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR27
5. "RAF Write-offs 1946": Air Britain Aeromilitaria 1979 p.95: https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1979.pdf
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p094.html
7. https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/PV136
8. https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/87590-pv136
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._6_Squadron_RAF#Post-Second_World_War/Cold_War
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramat_David_Airbase#RAF_Ramat_David

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
13-Jul-2023 17:54	Dr. John Smith	Added
13-Jul-2023 22:09	Nepa	Updated
17-Sep-2023 17:09	Dr. John Smith	Updated