Date:	Thursday 11 April 1946
Time:	day
Type:	Supermarine Spitfire FR Mk XIV
Owner/operator:	1 SFTS RIAF
Registration:	TZ167
MSN:	6S 676507
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	1 mile NW of Thanesar, Kurukshetra district, Haryana -   India
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RIAF Ambala, Ambala Cantt, Haryana, India
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
TZ167: Spitfire FR. XIV, MSN 6S 676507. Built by Vickers Armstrong (Supermarine) at Aldermaston with Griffon G65 engine. To 6MU RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire 27-8-45. To 47MU RAF Sealand, Flintshire 18-9-45 for packing and crating for shipment overseas. Shipped on the SS 'Ocean Viceroy' 26-9-45, arriving India 30-10-45. To ACSEA (Air Command South East Asia) 29-11-45. To 1 SFTS, RIAF at RIAF Ambala, Ambala Cantt, Haryana, India by 1-1-46

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 11-4-46 when crashed after a force-landing one-mile north-west Thanesar, Kurukshetra district, Haryana, India. The engine cut out after the magneto drive in the engine failed. The pilot then made an immediate emergency 'engine out' landing into a ploughed field on mile north west of Thanesar.

Crew of Spitfire TZ167
Pilot Officer (IN/3165) Clifton Shortlands, RIAF (Pilot) safe. The pilot had only a short career; he was commissioned on 26-6-45, trained with 1 SFTS (including this incident) was posted to be a Pilot Officer with 2 Squadron RIAF on 15-6-46, but resigned his commission on 9-12-47 after 18 months.

Not repaired; Struck Off Charge 9-5-46 as Cat. E(FA)

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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 SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
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5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p114.html
6. https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/80254-tz167
7. https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=TZ167
8. https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/TZ167
9. https://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/Aircraft/TZ167
10. https://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/2165
11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambala_Air_Force_Station#History
12. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanesar

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
02-Jul-2023 19:52	Dr. John Smith	Added
03-Jul-2023 17:07	Nepa	Updated
07-Sep-2023 01:20	Dr. John Smith	Updated