Date:	Friday 20 June 1947
Time:	day
Type:	Supermarine Spitfire FR Mk XVIII
Owner/operator:	32 Sqn RAF
Registration:	TP368
MSN:	ALD.
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	near Al Iskan, Zarqa, 20 miles North North-East of Amman -   Jordan
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Ramat David, Ramat Yishay, Palestine
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
TP368: Spitfire FR. XVIII. Built by Vickers Armstrong (Supermarine) at Aldermaston with Griffon G67 engine. To 33 MU RAF Lyneham, Wiltshire 21-12-45. To RAF St. Mawgan, Cornwall 11-5-46. To Mediterranean Air Command (Middle East) 10-7-46. To 32 Squadron at Ein Shemer, Palestine 3-10-46. 32 Squadron was based here between 3-10-46 and 25-3-48.

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 20-6-47 when dived into ground near Al Iskan, Zarqa, 20 miles North North-East of Amman, Jordan. The aircraft was one of a formation, climbing to high altitude. The Spitfire was seen to dive away from the formation and dive into the ground, without any attempt to recover from its terminal dive. The pilot was killed, but his body was recovered.

It was presumed by the subsequent Board of Inquiry that the pilot had passed out due to anoxia (oxygen starvation) and that he never recovered from his unconsciousness in time to pull out of the fatal dive

Crew of Spitfire TP369
Pilot II (591519) Arthur Leonard Shaw (pilot) RAF - killed on active service 20-6-47,
buried at Ramleh War Cemetery Ramla, Central District, Israel

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16. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zarqa

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
31-Aug-2023 03:06	Dr. John Smith	Added
31-Aug-2023 08:37	Nepa	Updated