Date:	Friday 12 April 1946
Time:	day
Type:	Supermarine Spitfire F Mk XIV
Owner/operator:	7 Sqn RIAF
Registration:	RN149
MSN:	WIN.
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Maharajpur, Kanpur District, Uttar Pradesh -   India
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RIAF Kohat, Kohat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, British India (Pakistan)
Destination airport:	Maharajpur, Kanpur District, Uttar Pradesh India
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
RN149: Spitfire F. XIV. Built by Supermarine at Hursley Park, Winchester, Hampshire with Griffon G65 engine. First Flown 13-1-45. To 29MU RAF High Ercall, Shropshire 23-1-45. To 222MU RAF North Luffenham 23-2-45 for packing and crating for shipment overseas. Shipped on the ss 'Highland Prince' and 'LS.2856' 20-3-45, arriving India 15-5-45. To ACSEA (Air Command South East Asia). To 7 Squadron RIAF by 1-1-46

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 12-4-46 when overshot landing at Maharajpur, Kanpur District, Uttar Pradesh India. The pneumatic system failed on approach, and this rendered both the flaps and the brakes inoperable. On landing the aircraft overshot the runway and ran into soft ground, at which point the undercarriage collapsed.

Crew of Spitfire RN149
Flt Lt (IN/2443) Prasanta Kumar Sarkar (Pilot) RIAF- uninjured.

Struck Off Charge as "beyond economic repair" 25-7-46

Maharajpur is a town in Kanpur district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India located at an elevation of 121 metres above MSL (Mean Sea Level).

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2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.123
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. 7 Sqn RIAF ORB for the period 1-1-1946 to 31-5-1947: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 27/2392/1: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8418937
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11. https://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/2443
12. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maharajpur,_Kanpur

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
02-Jul-2023 18:47	Dr. John Smith	Added
02-Jul-2023 19:27	Dr. John Smith	Updated
03-Jul-2023 16:42	Nepa	Updated
16-Sep-2023 13:31	Dr. John Smith	Updated