Date:	Tuesday 16 March 1948
Time:	day
Type:	Supermarine Spitfire F Mk 21
Owner/operator:	602 (City of Glasgow) Sqn RAF
Registration:	LA193
MSN:	SMAF.4452
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	A565 Formby By-pass, near RAF Woodvale, Southport, Lancashire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Woodvale, Lancashire
Destination airport:	RAF Woodvale, Lancashire

Narrative:
LA193; Spitfire F.21, MSN SMAF.4452. Built by Vickers Armstrong at South Marston, Swindon, Wiltshire with Griffon G61 engine. (Note: originally MSN SMAF.4343, which was taken off the production line as TM379 - replaced with new airframe). To VAHP (Vickers Armstrongs High Post) 31-8-44. Returned to VASM (Vickers Armstrong South Marston) 19-12-45. Delivered by Flt Lt Dwight from South Marston to 29MU RAF High Ercoll, Shropshire 5-1-46. To 602 (City of Glasgow) Squadron, RAF Abbotsinch, Renfrewshire 10-4-47

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 16-3-48 when the throttle jammed closed, and aircraft made a wheels-up landing at RAF Woodvale. The Spitfire was returning to land after a 55-minute sortie, and was on final approach. The pilot found the throttle jammed in the 'closed' position, and, as a result could not obtain any engine power. The pilot then raised the undercarriage, and made a wheels-up forced landing in a field near RAF Woodvale, with the Spitfire eventually coming to a halt on the A565 road (the Formby By-pass) about 30 yards from the end of runway 08/26 at Woodvale.

Damage initially assessed as Cat E 16-3-48, and struck off charge 3-6-48. Re-cat E(G/I) and ground instructional airframe 6564M 19-6-48. Airframe sent to 101 Reserve Centre Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire.

NOTE: Several published sources give the date of the above incident as "3-6-48". However, this is due to confusing the date of the incident (16-3-48) with the date that Spitfire LA193 was struck off charge (3-6-48)

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.400
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. ORB 602 Squadron RAF from 1-6-1946 to 28-2-1957: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 27/2505: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2505143
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p053.html
6. https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/79475-la193
7. https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/LA193
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._602_Squadron_RAF#Post-war
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Woodvale#Cold_war

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
22-Apr-2023 18:07	Dr. John Smith	Added
20-Aug-2023 09:36	Nepa	Updated
22-Aug-2023 21:58	Dr. John Smith	Updated