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Date: | Saturday 26 January 1946 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Supermarine Spitfire FR Mk XIV |
Owner/operator: | 11 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | NM819 |
MSN: | ALD. |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Kuala Lumpur, West Malaya -
Malaysia
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Kuala Lumpur, West Malaya |
Destination airport: | RAF Kuala Lumpur, West Malaya |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:NM819: Spitfire FR. XIV, built by Vickers Armstrong (Supermarine) at Aldermaston with Griffon G65 engine. To 33MU RAF Lyneham, Wiltshire 18-4-45. To 222MU RAF North Luffenham 12-5-45 for packing and crating for shipment overseas. To 1 PATP and the shipped on the SS 'City of Chester' 7-6-45, arriving India 25-6-45. To ACSEA (Air Command South East Asia) 12-7-45. To 11 Squadron at RAF Kuala Lumpur, West Malaya in August 1945.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 26-1-46 when overshot landing and tipped up Kuala Lumpur. The aircraft was being landed at RAF Kuala Lumpur, Malaya in misty conditions, but the pilot allowed the Spitfire to overrun the runway, and carry on beyond the runway into rough ground, where it tipped up onto its nose, which bent the propeller blades and shock-loaded the engine.
Not repaired; Struck off charge 27-2-47 as Cat. E(FA)
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.34. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.91
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft NA100-NZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985 p 10)
4. 11 Sqn RAF ORB for the period 1-6-45 to 31-1-46: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR27/160/11:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2502792 5. "RAF Write-offs 1946": Air Britain Aeromilitaria 1979 p.94:
https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1979.pdf 6.
https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=NM819 7.
https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/80100-nm819 8.
https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/NM819 9.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._11_Squadron_RAF#Since_1945 10.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Kuala_Lumpur Location
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
22-Jul-2023 14:32 |
Dr. John Smith |
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22-Jul-2023 14:40 |
Dr. John Smith |
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22-Jul-2023 16:22 |
Nepa |
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18-Sep-2023 12:06 |
Dr. John Smith |
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