Date:	Thursday 24 January 1946
Time:	day
Type:	Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb
Owner/operator:	5 (P) AFU RAF
Registration:	P8585
MSN:	CBAF.
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	near RAF Manby, Lincolnshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Manby, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:	RAF Manby, Lincolnshire
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
P8585: Spitfire Vb, built by CBAF (Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory) with Merlin 45 engine. To RAF at 6 MU Brize Norton 10-6-41. Presentation Spitfire named 'Teling Tinggi (N.E.I.)'. To 74 (Tiger) Squadron 22-6-41. To 609 (West Riding) Squadron 10-9-41. On 27-9-41, as part of Operation "Circus 103", 609 Squadron took off with twelve Spitfires from Biggin Hill at 13:28 as part of the high-cover wing. During the mission, the Squadron made three claims around 14:30. Pilot Officer Yvan Du Monceau (Spitfire P8585) claimed one Bf 109F destroyed 5-8 miles north of Mardyck.

To 603 (City of Edinburgh) Squadron 15-11-41. FACB (Flying Accident Cat. B) 28-1-42. To Scottish Aviation for repairs. After repairs, transferred to the USAAF. To 5th Fighter Squadron, 52nd Fighter Group, 8th Air Force, USAAF 7-8-42. Stalled on landing Londonderry FAAC (Flying Accident Cat. C) 28-8-42. Repaired by Short Bros & Harland, Belfast 4-9-42, and taken back on RAF charge.

To VASM (Vickers Aircraft South Marston) 15-1-43 for fuel system modifications. To 118 Squadron 22-7-43. To 64 Squadron 25-9-43. FACB (Flying Accident Cat. B) 5-3-44; repaired on site LMS (London Midland & Scottish Railways) 25-6-44. To 17FTS 15-10-44. To 5(P)AFU 14-7-45

Crashed in a forced landing near RAF Manby, 24-1-46. The Spitfire was being flown by a Danish student pilot, and he became lost in poor (foggy/misty) weather. He then flew out of R/T range from the home base of RAF Manby. When the pilot could not recover to base, nor locate another airfield, he forced landed in a field near Manby, after running out of fuel. First assessed as FACB (Flying Accident Cat. B) damage, then reassessed as FACE (Flying Accident Cat. E) on 31-1-46 and Struck off Charge.

1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.27 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.46
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft P1000-R9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. "RAF Write-offs 1946": Air Britain Aeromilitaria 1979 p.94: https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1979.pdf
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p007.html
6. https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/P8585
7. http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/20538
8. http://www.bcar.org.uk/1945-1949-incident-logs.php#1946
9. https://fyldebbmfund.wordpress.com/gifts-of-war-presentation-spitfires/
10. http://surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/belgium_offenberg.htm
11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Manby

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
25-Jan-2021 07:28	angels one five	Added
25-Jan-2021 07:31	angels one five	Updated [Operator]
03-Jun-2021 00:05	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
03-Jun-2021 00:07	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Narrative]
03-Jun-2021 00:11	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, Narrative]
03-Jun-2021 00:11	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Cn]
03-Jun-2021 00:12	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source]
04-Jun-2021 23:10	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Departure airport]
09-Jun-2022 19:54	angels one five	Updated [Cn, Narrative]
19-Jul-2023 22:05	Nepa	Updated [[Cn, Narrative]]
23-Jul-2023 16:57	Dr. John Smith	Updated [[[Cn, Narrative]]]