Date:	Thursday 1 December 1949
Time:	day
Type:	Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk XVIII
Owner/operator:	60 Sqn RAF
Registration:	TP205
MSN:	KEA.
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Butterworth, Butterworth, Penang -   Malaysia
Phase:	Standing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Butterworth, Penang, Malaya
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
TP205: Spitfire LF. XVIII, built by Vickers Armstrong (Supermarine) at Keevil, Trowbridge, Wiltshire with Griffon G65 engine. To 6MU RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire 5-1-46. To 47MU RAF Sealand, Flintshire for packing and crating for shipment overseas 25-8-47. Shipped on the SS 'Maron' 24-9-47, arriving Singapore 18-10-47. Taken on charge by ACFE (Air Command Far East) 27-11-47. To 390MU RAF Seletar, Singapore 29-1-48. To 60 Squadron, RAF Seletar 13-4-48 with detachments to RAF Kuala Lumpur, West Malaya

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 1-12-49 in a fire while starting up at RAF Butterworth, Penang, Malaya 1-12-49. During start up at RAF Butterworth, a starter cartridge exploded, blew off the engine cowling, and started a fire.

To MBFE (Maintenance Base Far East) 19-12-49 for damage assessment. To 2 Malayan Fighter Squadron, Penang, Malaya 26-6-50 (either for spares and scrap and/or ground instructional use)

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.558
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. 60 Sqn RAF ORB for the period 1-5-46 to 31-12-1950: National Archives (PRO Kew) File Air27/2426/9: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8420203
5. https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/102331-tp205
6. https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=TP205
7. https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/Tp205
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._60_Squadron_RAF#Post_World_War_II
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMAF_Butterworth_Air_Base#RAF_Butterworth

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
01-Aug-2023 16:44	Dr. John Smith	Added
01-Aug-2023 17:25	Nepa	Updated
20-Aug-2023 08:58	Nepa	Updated