Date:	Tuesday 15 January 1946
Time:	day
Type:	Supermarine Spitfire F Mk XIVe
Owner/operator:	8 Sqn RIAF
Registration:	TZ107
MSN:	6S 676474
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Mingaladon, near Rangoon, Burma -   Myanmar
Phase:	Standing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Mingaladon, near Rangoon, Burma
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
TZ107: Spitfire FR. XIVe, MSN 6S 676474. Built at Vickers Armstrong (Supermarine) at Aldermaston with Griffon G65 engine. To 6MU RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire 11-5-45. To 222MU 2-6-45 for packing and crating for shipment overseas. Shipped in the SS 'Empire Kumasi' 19-7-45, arriving India 14-8-45. To ACSEA (Air Command South East Asia) 23-8-45. To 8 Squadron RIAF by 1-12-45.

Written off (destroyed by fire) 15-1-46 on ground at RAF Mingaladon, near Rangoon, Burma. While the aircraft was being serviced, fuel vapour in the engine was ignited by a spark from an electrical short circuit, and the resulting explosion blew the tail off the aircraft. The Spitfire then caught fire, and was burnt out. The pilot and all of the groundcrew survived uninjured

Not repaired; Struck Off Charge 31-1-46 as Cat E.

After 1947, RAF Mingaladon was the site of Yangon Airport; Rangoon was renamed Yangon, and Burma was renamed Myanmar.

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2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.37
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. "RAF Write-offs 1946": Air Britain Aeromilitaria 1979 p.93: https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1979.pdf
5. https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=TZ107
6. 8 Squadron RIAF ORB for the period 1-12-1945 to 30-11-1946: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR27/123/11: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8407579
7. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p114.html
8. https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/TZ107
9. http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/TZ107
10. https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/80198-tz107
11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yangon_International_Airport#History

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
26-Jul-2023 13:53	Dr. John Smith	Added
26-Jul-2023 13:54	Dr. John Smith	Updated
26-Jul-2023 17:20	Nepa	Updated
29-Jul-2023 17:35	Dr. John Smith	Updated
18-Sep-2023 12:25	Dr. John Smith	Updated