Date:	Wednesday 6 August 1947
Time:	day
Type:	Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk XVI
Owner/operator:	203 AFS RAF
Registration:	TE258
MSN:	CBAF.11397
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Keevil, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Chivenor, Barnstaple, Devon
Destination airport:	RAF Keevil, Wiltshire

Narrative:
Spitfire TE258: MSN CBAF.11397. Built by CBAF (Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory) with Merlin M266 engine. To 6MU RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire 15-5-45. To 61OTU, RAF Keevil, Trowbridge, Wiltshire 16-1-46. Cat C accident 17-7-46, repaired on site and returned to service. 61 OTU in due course became 203 AFS (Advanced Flying School) and moved to Chivenor in Devon 1-7-47; this marked the end of RAF Keevil as a fully staffed and equipped operational airfield.

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 9-8-47 when crash-landed at RAF Keevil, Trowbridge, Wiltshire. The pilot stalled the aircraft on the final stage of approach to RAF Keevil, and the Spitfire landed heavily. causing the starboard wheel to detach. The pilot then raised the undercarriage, overshot the landing, and then made a 'wheels up' landing at RAF Keevil.

Damage initially assessed as Cat. C (Repairable). However, not repaired, declared "n.e.a." (non-effective airframe) 15-9-47 and struck off charge 19-3-48

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.345
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain 1985)
4. 203 AFS ORB for the period 1-6-47 to 31-12-50: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 29/1771: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4101481
5. "RAF Write offs 1947": Air Britain Aeromilitaria No. 1978: https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1978.pdf
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p111.html
7. https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/90803-te258
8. https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/TE258
9. https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=TE258
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Keevil#Postwar_military_use

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
11-May-2023 16:26	Dr. John Smith	Added
11-May-2023 16:27	Dr. John Smith	Updated
11-May-2023 17:22	Nepa	Updated
29-Aug-2023 18:32	Dr. John Smith	Updated