Date:	Friday 23 July 1948
Time:	day
Type:	Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk XVI
Owner/operator:	609 (West Riding) Sqn RAF
Registration:	TB625
MSN:	CBAF.
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Manston, Ramsgate, Kent, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Taxi
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Yeadon, West Yorkshire
Destination airport:	RAF Manston, Ramsgate, Kent

Narrative:
Spitfire TB625: Built at CBAF (Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory) with Merlin M266 engine. Delivered to 6MU RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire 4-2-45. To 74 Squadron, Schijndel, Netherlands 15-3-45. Cat C accident 31-3-45. To 485 (RNZAF) Squadron, Fassberg, Germany 17-5-45. To BAFO Communications Wing 27-9-45. To 164 Squadron 19-7-46. To 603 (City of Edinburgh) Squadron, RAF Turnhouse, Lothian 19-12-46. To 609 (West Riding) Squadron, RAF Yeadon, West Yorkshire 13-5-48

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 23-7-48 in collision with Avro Anson NK715 of 1 FU (Ferry Unit) RAF while taxying at RAF Manston, Ramsgate, Kent. The subsequent Board of Inquiry into the incident attributed the cause of the collision to the pilot of Spitfire TB625 failing to keep an adequate lookout for "other traffic". Not repaired, re-cat E 13-8-48 and struck off charge

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2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.413
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9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._74_Squadron_RAF#Middle_East_and_the_liberation_of_Europe
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14. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Manston#Second_World_War

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
20-Aug-2023 01:59	Dr. John Smith	Updated