ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 312552
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| Date: | Tuesday 3 June 1947 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk XVI |
| Owner/operator: | RC CS RAF |
| Registration: | TE459 |
| MSN: | CBAF IX.4590 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF White Waltham, Maidenhead, Berkshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF White Waltham, Berkshire |
| RAF White Waltham, Berkshire |
TE459: Spitfire LF. XVI, MSN CBAF IX.4590. Built by CBAF (Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory) with Merlin M266 engine. To 33MU RAF Lyneham, Wiltshire 27-6-45. To RAF College Bracknell 26-4-46. Cat. C accident 15-6-46. To RCCS (Reserve Command Communications Sqn) RAF White Waltham, Maidenhead, Berkshire
Written off 3-6-47 (damaged beyond repair) when undercarriage collapsed on landing. The pilot did not ensure that the undercarriage was 'down and locked' when on final approach to RAF White Waltham. The undercarriage therefore immediately collapsed on touchdown. The pilot then took immediate overshoot action, and then made a wheels-up landing on the grass alongside the runway.
Damage initially assessed 3-6-47 as Cat. C (Repairable) and repairs on site begun. Repair abandoned, re-cat E(FA) and struck off charge as scrap 11-3-48
Sources:
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.307
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1985 p.49)
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p112.html
5. "RAF Write offs 1947": Air Britain Aeromilitaria No.2 1978: https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1978.pdf
6. https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/TE459
7. https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/90908-te459
8. https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=TE459
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Waltham_Airfield#Operational_history
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-May-2023 20:34 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 15-May-2023 08:47 | Nepa | Updated |
| 01-Sep-2023 02:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated |
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