Date:	Thursday 30 December 1948
Time:	day
Type:	Supermarine Spitfire FR Mk XIV
Owner/operator:	6 MU RAF
Registration:	TX982
MSN:	6S-676452
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Brize Norton, Carterton, Oxfordshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire
Destination airport:	RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire

Narrative:
Spitfire TX982: MSN 6S-676452. Built at Vickers Armstrongs (Supermarine) at Keevil, Wiltshire with Griffon G65 engine. To 33MU RAF Lyneham, Wiltshire 12-9-45. To 76MU RAF Wroughton, Wiltshire 3-10-45 for crating and shipment overseas. Shipped on the SS 'Clan MacBrayne' 22-11-45 to the Far East. Not required, returned to 76MU RAF Wroughton for re-erection at an unknown date (presumed early 1946). Delivered to 6MU RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire later in 1946.

Written off (damaged beyond repair) in a wheels-up forced landing at RAF Brize Norton, Carterton, Oxfordshire 30-12-48. During a post overhaul test flight, the propellor went into "fully coarse" pitch, and the engine lost power, making an emergency wheels-up landing imperative.

Damage initially assessed as Cat. B; however, not repaired, struck off charge as FACE (Flying Accident Cat. E) and sold scrap Eyre Smelting in January 1949

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.458
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. "RAF Write offs 1948": Air Britain Aeromilitaria No.1 1979: https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1979.pdf
5. 6 MU RAF Brize Norton ORB for the period 1-1-1946 to 31-12-1950: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 29/1454: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4101164
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p114.html
7. https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=TX982
8. https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/80176-tx982
9. https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/TX982
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Brize_Norton#Royal_Air_Force

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
07-Apr-2023 21:37	Dr. John Smith	Added
13-Aug-2023 21:36	Dr. John Smith	Updated
16-Aug-2023 15:55	Dr. John Smith	Updated