Date:	Sunday 7 March 1948
Time:	day
Type:	Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk XVI
Owner/operator:	501 (County of Gloucester) Sqn RAF
Registration:	RW391
MSN:	CBAF IX.4649
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Filton, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Filton, Gloucestershire
Destination airport:	RAF Filton, Gloucestershire

Narrative:
RW391: Spitfire LF.XVI MSN CBAF IX.4649. Built at CBAF (Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory) with Merlin M266 engine. Delivered to 6MU RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire 30-7-45. To 501(County of Gloucester) Squadron, RAF Filton, Bristol, Gloucestershire coded 'RAB-E' 18-12-46.

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 7-3-48 when swung on landing, the pilot failed to correct the swing, aircraft ran off the runway, and tipped up onto its nose at RAF Filton, Bristol, Gloucestershire

Damage initially assessed as Cat C 7-3-48. Repairs in site begun, but cancelled. Re-cat E (G/I) as Ground Instructional Airframe. To GIA 6552M 10-5-48 with the E S Wing at RAF Digby, Scopwick, Lincolnshire

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.379
3. Halley, J J,1985, Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100 to SZ999
4. ORB 501 Sqn RAF for the period 1-7-1946 to 31-3-1957: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR27/2495: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2505133
5. http://www.spitfires.ukf.net/p098.htm
6. https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/RW391
8. https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/90077-rw391
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._501_Squadron_RAF#Into_the_jet_age
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Filton#Post_war_years

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
27-Apr-2023 20:35	Dr. John Smith	Added
25-Aug-2023 13:49	Dr. John Smith	Updated