Date:	Saturday 7 September 1946
Time:	day
Type:	Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk IX
Owner/operator:	32 Sqn RAF
Registration:	PT532
MSN:	CBAF.
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Ramat David, 4 km south of Ramat Yishay, Palestine -   Israel
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Ramat David, Palestine
Destination airport:	RAF Ramat David, Palestine

Narrative:
PT532; Spitfire LF. IX. Built by CBAF (Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory) with Merlin M66 engine. To 8MU RAF Little Rissington, Gloucestershire 8-8-44. To 485 Squadron, RNZAF, Caen-Carpiquet, France 31-8-44 coded "DU-W". To 1APU 7-4-45. To MAAF (Mediterranean Allied Air Forces) 26-5-45. To 32 Squadron, RAF Ramat David, Palestine later in 1945 coded "GZ-F"

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 7-9-46: Stalled on landing and undercarriage collapsed Ramat David Palestine. The aircraft approach RAF Ramat David too low and with insufficient airspeed. The pilot was compelled to climb the aircraft in order to reach the runway, but with insufficient airspeed, the Spitfire stalled, and made a 'hard' landing on the runway. The force of the impact caused both of the undercarriage legs to collapse, and the aircraft skidded along the runway at RAF Ramat David, severely damaging the underside of the airframe.

Pilot of Spitfire PT532:
Flying Officer Bell RAF (pilot) - safe/uninjured.

Not repaired: declared Cat. E(FA) and Struck Off Charge 26-9-46.

RAF Ramat David was a Royal Air Force station in the British Mandate of Palestine between 1942 and 1948, located approximately 4 km south of Ramat Yishay (Northern District); 80 km north-northeast of Tel Aviv.

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.212
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. 32 Sqn RAF ORB for the period 1-1-1946 to 31-12-1950: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR27/2409/1: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8674237
5. "RAF Write-offs 1946": Air Britain Aeromilitaria 1979 p.103: https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1979.pdf
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p092.html
7. https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/PT532
8. https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/87255-pt532
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._485_Squadron_RNZAF#1944
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._32_Squadron_RAF#Post-war
11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramat_David_Airbase#RAF_Ramat_David

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
30-Sep-2013 15:39	JINX	Added
30-Sep-2013 15:40	JINX	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
02-Oct-2013 01:15	JINX	Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Country, Phase, Destination airport, Narrative]
27-Mar-2015 18:44	Jixon	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
05-Jun-2023 17:12	Dr. John Smith	Updated [[Aircraft type, Operator]]
25-Jun-2023 08:33	Nepa	Updated [[[Aircraft type, Operator]]]
14-Sep-2023 09:42	Dr. John Smith	Updated [[[[Aircraft type, Operator]]]]