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Date: | Monday 23 September 1946 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Supermarine Spitfire FR Mk XVIII |
Owner/operator: | 8 Sqn RIAF |
Registration: | TZ169 |
MSN: | 6S 676541 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RIAF Sulur, near Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu -
India
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Phase: | Taxi |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | RIAF Sulur, Tamil Nadu, India |
Narrative:TZ169: Spitfire FR.XIV, MSN 6S 676541. Built by Vickers Armstrong (Supermarine) ay Aldermaston with Griffon G65 engine. To 6MU RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire 27-8-45. To 47MU RAF Sealand, Flintshire 15-9-45 for packing and crating for shipment overseas. Shipped on the SS 'Fort Michipicoten' 23-9-45, arriving India 18-10-45. To ACSEA (Air Command South East Asia) 29-11-45. To 8 Squadron RIAF in December 1945
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 23-9-46: Taxied into ditch at RIAF Sulur near Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. The pilot taxied the Spitfire off the perimeter track, and the aircraft dropped into a drainage ditch, sustained severe damaged to port wing, undercarriage and propeller.
Crew of Spitfire TZ169
Flying Officer (IND/2881) Samir Banerji, RIAF (Pilot) - uninjured.
Not repaired: Struck Off Charge 31-10-46 as Cat. E(FA)
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.25. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.222
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. 8 Sqn RIAF for the period 1-12-1945 to 30-11-1946: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 27/123/11:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8407579 5. "RAF Write-offs 1946": Air Britain Aeromilitaria 1979 p.103:
https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1979.pdf 5.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p114.html 6.
https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/80256-tz169 7.
https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/TZ169 8.
https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=TZ169 9.
https://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/Aircraft/TZ169 10.
https://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/2881 11.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulur_Air_Force_Station#History Location
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
01-Jun-2023 15:53 |
Dr. John Smith |
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02-Jun-2023 13:59 |
Dr. John Smith |
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02-Jun-2023 17:10 |
Nepa |
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12-Sep-2023 12:02 |
Dr. John Smith |
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13-Sep-2023 13:19 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated |