Date:	Wednesday 24 December 1947
Time:
Type:	Supermarine Spitfire FR Mk XVIII
Owner/operator:	60 Sqn RAF
Registration:	SM943
MSN:	EA.
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Tengah -   Singapore
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Tengah, Singapore
Destination airport:	RAF Tengah, Singapore
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
SM943: Spitfire FR. XVIII, built at Vickers Armstrongs (Supermarine) at Eastleigh, Southampton Hampshire with Griffon G65 engine. To 33MU RAF Lyneham, Wiltshire 25-7-45. To 76MU RAF Wroughton, Wiltshire 31-1-46 for packing and crating for shipment overseas. Shipped on the SS 'Tarantia' 8-3-46, arriving India 30-3-46. To ACSEA (Air Command South East Asia) 11-4-46. To 390 MU RAF Tengah, Singapore April 1946 for erection and preparation for service. To 60 Squadron, RAF Tengah in September 1946 coded 'MU-B', then 'B' from October 1946 when 60 Squadron stated using single letter codes.

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 24-12-47 in a wheels-up landing at RAF Tengah Singapore 24-12-47. The pilot failed to ensure that the undercarriage was fully "down and locked" on final approach to RAF Tengah. As a direct result, the undercarriage immediately collapsed upon touchdown at RAF Tengah.

Not repaired; Struck off charge 22-4-48 as Cat E2(FA). Some published sources state that the airframe was transferred to "Burma" in 1948 (either for use as a source of spares or as a ground instructional airframe

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.392
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. 60 Sqn RAF ORB for the period 1-5-1946 to 31-12-1950: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR27/2426/9: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8420203
5. "RAF Write offs 1947": Air Britain Aeromilitaria No.2 1978: https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1978.pdf
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p102.html
7. https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/SM943
8. https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/102277-sm943
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._60_Squadron_RAF#Post_World_War_II
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tengah_Air_Base#RAF_Tengah

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
26-Aug-2023 21:17	Dr. John Smith	Added
27-Aug-2023 09:11	Nepa	Updated