Date:	Tuesday 6 May 1947
Time:	day
Type:	Supermarine Spitfire F Mk XIV
Owner/operator:	28 Sqn RAF
Registration:	SM888
MSN:	KEA.
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Seletar -   Singapore
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Seletar, Singapore
Destination airport:	RAF Seletar, Singapore
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
SM888: Spitfire FR XIV, built by Vickers Armstrongs (Supermarine) at Keevil, Trowbridge, Wiltshire with Griffon G65 engine. To 29MU TAG High Ercall, Shropshire 24-4-45. To 222MU RAF North Luffenham 13-5-45 for packing and crating for shipment overseas. To 1PATP, then 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 28 Squadron, RAF Kuala Lumpur in April 1946, and then to RAF Tengah, Singapore in February 1947. 28 Squadron received Spitfire FR.18s in 1947, including SM888

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 6-5-47: The pilot made a heavy landing at RAF Seletar, Singapore, causing the undercarriage to collapse, and the aircraft to swing off the runway. The airframe was severely damaged

Damage initially assessed as Cat E 6-5-47. Not repaired, Struck Off Charge 5-6-47 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.298
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain 1985)
4. ORB 28 Sqn RAF for the period 1-10-1945 to 31-12-1950: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 27/2405/25: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8419460
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/SM888
8. https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/
9. https://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?27064-Spitfire-SM888
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._28_Squadron_RAF#Post-War_
11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seletar_Airport#Post-World_War_II

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
02-Sep-2023 03:21	Dr. John Smith	Added
02-Sep-2023 09:03	Nepa	Updated