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Date: | Tuesday 17 December 1946 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Supermarine Spitfire FR Mk XIV |
Owner/operator: | AFS RIAF |
Registration: | TZ185 |
MSN: | 6S 676550 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RIAF Ambala, Ambala Cantt, Haryana -
India
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RIAF Ambala, Ambala Cantt, Haryana, India |
Destination airport: | RIAF Ambala, Ambala Cantt, Haryana, India |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:TZ185: Spitfire FR XIV, MSN 6S 676550. Built at Vickers Armstrongs (Supermarine) at Eastleigh, Southampton, Hampshire with Griffon G66 engine. To 9MU RAF Cosford, Shropshire 23-5-45. To 215MU RAF Locharbriggs, Dumfries 7-7-45 for packing and crating for shipment overseas. Shipped on the ss 'Empire Gambia' 5-8-45, arriving India 30-8-45. To ACSEA (Air Command South East Asia) 6-9-45. To AFS (Advanced Flying School), RIAF at RIAF Ambala, Ambala Cantt, Haryana, India
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 17-12-46: engine failure on approach, wheels up landing at RIAF Ambala, Ambala Cantt, Haryana, India. The teeth of the idler spur wheel failed/sheared, and the engine ignition timing was disrupted, causing an engine failure. The pilot then had to make an immediate 'engine out' belly landing on the airfield at RIAF Ambala, which caused severe damage to the airframe as it slid along the ground at speed before coming to a halt. The pilot was apparently uninjured
Crew of Spitfire TZ185:
Pilot Officer (IND/3239) Percy Edward Harrington, RIAF (pilot) - survived uninjured.
Damage assessed as Cat. E 17-12-46. Formally Struck Off Charge 30-1-47.
Sources:
1. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.256
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
3.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p114.html 4.
https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=TZ185 5. "RAF Write-offs 1946": Air Britain Aeromilitaria 1979 p.104:
https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1979.pdf 6.
https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/80271-tz185 7.
https://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/Aircraft/TZ185 8.
https://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/3239 9.
https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/TZ185 10.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambala_Air_Force_Station#History Location
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
10-Sep-2023 10:42 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
10-Sep-2023 10:43 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated |
11-Sep-2023 08:24 |
Nepa |
Updated |