Date:	Friday 6 July 1951
Time:	day
Type:	Supermarine Spitfire F Mk 22
Owner/operator:	102 FRS RAF
Registration:	PK430
MSN:	CBAF.
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF North Luffenham, Rutland, East Midlands, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Finningley, South Yorkshire
Destination airport:	RAF North Luffenham, Rutland
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Spitfire PK430. Delivered to the RAF at 33 MU Lyneham 18-10-45. To Vickers Armstrong Eastliegh 8-8-46 for modifications and conversion to Spitfire F.24. Then Issued to 610 (County of Chester) Squadron, RAF coded 'DW-G' later 'RAQ-G'. To 102 FRS 17-3-1949.

Written off 30-4-51 Engine cut, wingtip hit ground during emergency landing RAF North Luffenham, Rutland. Aircraft ground looped, and damaged beyond economic rpair. Struck off charge as Cat.5(Scrap) 6-7-51

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.115 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 Colin Cummings p 156
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p085.html
5. http://wpalette.com/en/pictures/40930
6. http://610squadron.com/aircraft-of-610-squadron-1936-1957/

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
07-Sep-2013 03:36	JINX	Added
27-Mar-2015 17:51	Jixn	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location]
16-Mar-2017 23:13	Dr.John Smith	Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative]
02-Nov-2018 19:36	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator]
02-Feb-2021 19:18	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
02-Feb-2021 20:03	JINX	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative, Operator]