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Date: | Friday 21 February 1947 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Supermarine Spitfire FR Mk XIV |
Owner/operator: | 7 Sqn RIAF |
Registration: | RN199 |
MSN: | 6S 663415 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RIAF Kohat, Kohat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, British India -
Pakistan
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RIAF Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India |
Destination airport: | RIAF Kohat, Kohat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, British India |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:RN199: Spitfire FR. XIV, MSN 6S 663415. Built by Vickers Armstrong (Supermarine) at Keevil, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, with Griffon G65 engine. To 9MU RAF Cosford, Shropshire 20-2-45. To 215MU RAF Locharbriggs, Dumfries 14-3-45 for packing and crating for overseas shipment. Shipped on the ss 'Samsacola' 18-4-45, arriving India 21-5-45. To 7 Squadron RIAF at RIAF Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India. In November 1945, 7 Squadron RIAF moved to Gwalior, where it converted to Spitfire Mk. XIVs, which it flew from December 1945 till July 1947, when the squadron converted to the Tempest Mk. II.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 21-2-47 when hit mud wall on approach to RIAF Kohat, Kohat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, British India (Pakistan after the 1947 partition of India). During the final approach to RIAF Kohat, the pilot allowed the aircraft to sink to a very low altitude, and it struck an obstruction (the aforementioned mud wall) which caused the Spitfire to crash short of the runway at RIAF Kohat. The pilot was killed in the crash.
Crew of Spitfire RN199
Pilot Officer (IND/3198) Tasnimuddin Ahmed, RIAF (pilot aged 21) - killed on active service 21-2-47; Buried or commemorated at Delhi/Karachi 1939-1945 War Memorial, New Delhi, India
Sources:
1. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.307
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100 to RZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
3.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p097.html 4. 7 Sqn RIAF ORB for the period 1-6-1945 to 30-6-1947: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR27/110/37:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8407377 5.
https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/RN199 6.
https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/102174-rn199 7.
https://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/Aircraft/RN199 8.
https://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/3198 9.
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/wardead/details.php?qnum=44446 10.
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2596346/tasnimuddin-ahmed/ 11.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._7_Squadron_IAF#History 12.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwalior#Airport Location
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