Date:	Wednesday 31 October 1956
Time:	day
Type:	Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk XVI
Owner/operator:	187 Sqn RAF
Registration:	TE407
MSN:	CBAF.
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Kirkbride, Cumberland, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:	RAF Kirkbride, Cumberland
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
TE407: Spitfire LFXVI . Delivered to the RAF at 6 MU Brize Norton 15-6-45. To Heston Aircraft Ltd 7-3-46. first issued for service with 65 Squadron 8-4-46. Thence to 164 Squadron as 'UB-E' 11-7-46, renumbered as 63 Squadron (still as 'UB-E') 3-9-46. To 203 AFS 6-5-48. Then to 226 OCU, APS (Armament Practice Station) RAF Acklington, 1 CAACU (Civilian Anti Aircraft Co-operation Unit), and lastly with 187 Squadron

Written off 31.10.1956: A wing struck the runway on landing at Kirkbride, Cumberland. It swung off the runway causing the undercarriage to collapse. Damage initially assessed as Cat.3(R). However, not repaired; instead struck off charge as Cat.5(s) and sold for scrap to Lawsons Metals 29.1.57

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.183 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p.35)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.219
4. http://www.spitfires.ukf.net/p112.htm
5. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1956.htm
6. http://www.worldnavalships.com/directory/airframeprofile.php?FrameID=22330

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
27-Mar-2013 00:48	Dr. John Smith	Added
09-Apr-2013 07:57	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Location]
13-Jul-2020 23:59	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
30-Jun-2023 18:07	Nepa	Updated [[Time, Cn, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]]