ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 314744
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| Date: | Thursday 12 September 1946 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire F Mk XIV |
| Owner/operator: | 6 Sqn RIAF |
| Registration: | MT848 |
| MSN: | 6S 643780 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RIAF Ranchi, Jharkhand -
 India
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RIAF Ranchi, Jharkhand, India |
| RIAF Ranchi, Jharkhand |
MT848: Spitfire FR.XIV, MSN 6S 643780. Built by Vickers Armstrongs (Supermarine) at Eastleigh, Hampshire with Griffon G65 engine. Production prototype to introduce Vokes wet type 'Aeroply' filter 22-8-44. Test flown with this fitment until to 9MU RAF Cosford, Shropshire 7-3-45. To 215MU RAF Locharbriggs, Dumfries 17-5-45 for packing and crating for shipment overseas. Shipped on the SS 'Samsturdy' 2-7-45, arriving India 28-7-45. To 6 Squadron RIAF, RIAF Ranchi, Jharkhand, India
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 12-9-46: During low flying the engine failed. The pilot force landed the Spitfire safely back at Base (RIAF Ranchi, Jharkhand, India) but the damage to the engine was considered "beyond economic repair", and the airframe was Struck off Charge as Cat. E 12-9-46
Crew of Spitfire NT848
Flying Officer (IN/3087) Tarit Bhushan Choudhury (pilot) RIAF - uninjured.
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.215
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft MA100-MZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. 6 Sqn RIAF ORB for the period 1-11-1945 to 30-4-1947: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR27/96/15: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8407238
5. RAF Write-offs 1946": Air Britain Aeromilitaria 1979 p.103: https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1979.pdf
6. https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/79863-mt848
7. https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/MT848
8. https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=MT848
9. https://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/Aircraft/MT848
10. https://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/3087
11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranchi
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Jun-2023 17:54 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 04-Jun-2023 17:35 | Nepa | Updated |
| 27-Jun-2023 17:17 | Nepa | Updated |
| 07-Sep-2023 01:36 | Dr. John Smith | Updated |
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