Date:	Wednesday 3 April 1946
Time:	day
Type:	Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk XVI
Owner/operator:	631 Sqn RAF
Registration:	TB244
MSN:	CBAF.
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Tal-Y-Bont Beach, Tal-Y-Bont, Barmouth, Merionethshire, Wales -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Llanbedr, Gwynedd, Wales
Destination airport:

Narrative:
TB244: Spitfire LF. XVIe. Built by CBAF (Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory) with Merlin 266 engine. Delivered to the RAF at 6 MU Brize Norton, Oxfordshire 4-1-45. First issued for service to 603 (City of Edinburgh) Squadron 9-2-45 as "XT-E". Cat. C damaged, and ros (Repaired On site) 7-6-45. Next issued to 631 Squadron RAF Llanbedr, 23-8-45 as "6D-T".

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 3-4-46 when ran out of fuel, and force-landed on the beach at Tal-Y-Bont, Dyffryn Ardudwy, Barmouth, Merionethshire. The pilot became lost on a sortie from RAF Llanbedr, but failed to request assistance, or for a course back to base. Damage assessed as FACE (Flying Accident Cat. E) 3-4-46. Struck Off Charge 14-4-46

Tal-y-bont (otherwise Talybont) is a village north of the town of Barmouth in north Wales. It adjoins the village of Dyffryn Ardudwy and is part of the community of the same name.

1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.37. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.116
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. 631 Squadron ORB (Operations Record Book) for the period 1-1-1946 to 31-1-49: National Archives (PRO Kew) file AIR 27/2529 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2505167
5. "RAF Write-offs 1946": Air Britain Aeromilitaria 1979 p.97: https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1979.pdf
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p107.html
7. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=%20TB244
8. https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/TB244
9. https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/90959-tb244
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._603_Squadron_RAF#Spitfires_again
11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._631_Squadron_RAF
12. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tal-y-bont,_Dyffryn_Ardudwy

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
04-Jul-2021 01:59	Dr. John Smith	Added
04-Jul-2021 23:28	Schneck	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Operator]
16-Sep-2023 14:15	Dr. John Smith	Updated [[Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Operator]]