Date:	Monday 30 June 1947
Time:	day
Type:	Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk VIII
Owner/operator:	AFS RIAF
Registration:	MT993
MSN:	KEA.
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RIAF Ambala, Ambala Cantt, Haryana -   India
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RIAF Ambala, Ambala Cantt, Haryana, India
Destination airport:	RIAF Ambala, Haryana, India
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
MT993: Spitfire LF. VIII, built by Vickers Armstrongs (Supermarine) at Keevil, Trowbridge, Wiltshire with Merlin M66 engine. To 9MU RAF Cosford, Shropshire 16-7-44. To 47MU RAF Sealand, Flintshire 2-8-44 for packing and crating for shipment overseas. Shipped on the SS 'Highland Prince' 22-8-44, arriving India 15-10-44. To 131 Squadron, RAF, which moved to India in October 1944. The squadron re-assembled at Amarda Road on 5-2-45 and the aircraft was coded 'NX-T' (later just 'T') but its Spitfires were re-allocated to the Royal Indian Air Force and the squadron was disbanded on 10-6-45.

To AFS (Advanced Flying School), RIAF by/in September 1945 at RIAF Ambala, Ambala Cantt, Haryana, India

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 30-7-47 when a tyre burst on take-off and the Spitfire belly-landed on return to RIAF Ambala, Ambala Cantt, Haryana, India

Damage assessed as Cat E 30-7-47 and aircraft struck off charge.

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.325
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft MA100-MZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. 131 Sqn RAF ORB for the period 1-10-1944 to 10-6-1945: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR27
5. https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/89891-mt993
6. https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=MT993
7. Spitfire LFVII MT993/'T' of 131 Squadron at Rissalput in 1945: https://www.worldwarphotos.info/gallery/uk/raf/spitfire9/spitfire-lfvii-mt993-rissalput-autumn-1946-131-sqn/
8. https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/MT993
9. https://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/Aircraft/MT993
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._131_Squadron_RAF#Reformation_in_World_War_II

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
30-Aug-2023 02:07	Dr. John Smith	Added
30-Aug-2023 02:08	Dr. John Smith	Updated
30-Aug-2023 07:44	Nepa	Updated