Date:	Saturday 9 February 1946
Time:	day
Type:	Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk IX
Owner/operator:	32 Sqn RAF
Registration:	MK669
MSN:	CBAF.
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Petah Tiqva, Palestine -   Israel
Phase:	Taxi
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Petah Tiqva, Palestine
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
MK669: Spitfire LF.IX, built at CBAF (Catle Bromwich Aircraft Factory) with Merlin M66. To 39MU RAF Colerne, Chippenham, Wiltshire 1-3-44. To 222 Squadron 2-4-44. To 332 Squadron 31-8-44. To AST (Airwork Service Training) 8-12-44. To 1APU 6-5-45. To MAAF (Mediterranean Allied Air Force) 27-5-45. To MEAF (Middle East Air Force) 9-8-45. To 32 Squadron in Palestine later in 1945 as "GZ-R"

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 7-2-46 when ran into Spitfire MK253 while taxying at Petah Tiqva, Palestine. The aircraft was being taxied, down a steep slope, prior to arriving at the take-off point. There was a strong tailwind 'pushing' the Spitfire, making it taxy faster than usual. The pilot failed to make allowance for the increased taxiing speed, and the associated increased stopping distance, which caused Spitfire MK669 to taxi into and collide with Spitfire MK253, which was taxying immediately ahead of it.

Not repaired'; Struck Off Charge 28-2-46 as Cat. E(FA). The other Spitfire involved (MK253) may have been repaired, as it survived until Struck Off Charge on 28-11-46

Petah Tikva (Hebrew: פֶּתַח תִּקְוָה, IPA: [ˈpetaχ ˈtikva], lit. 'Opening of Hope'), also known as Em HaMoshavot (lit. 'Mother of the Moshavot'), is a city in the Central District of Israel, 10.6 km (6.6 mi) east of Tel Aviv.

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2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.165
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft JA100-JZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. 32 Sqn RAF ORB for the period 1-1-1946 to 31-12-1950: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR27/2409/1:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8674237
5. "RAF Write-offs 1946": Air Britain Aeromilitaria 1979 p.100: https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1979.pdf
6. https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=MK669
7. https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/MK669
8. https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/86144-mk669
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._32_Squadron_RAF#Post-war
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petah_Tikva#British_Mandate_era_(1917%E2%80%931948)

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
16-Jul-2023 07:23	Nepa	Updated
17-Sep-2023 17:29	Dr. John Smith	Updated