Incident Supermarine Spitfire FR. XVIII TP210,
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Date:Monday 10 May 1948
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic SPIT model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Supermarine Spitfire FR. XVIII
Owner/operator:60 Sqn RAF
Registration: TP210
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Johore River, off Kampong Nior, Kampung Belungkor, Kota Tinggi, Johore -   Malaysia
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Changi, Singapore
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
TP210: Spitfire FR. XVIII. Built by Vickers Armstrong (Supermarine) at Keevil, Wiltshire with Griffon G65 engine. To 6MU RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire 22-2-46. To 47MU RAF Sealand, Flintshire 28-8-47 for crating and packing for overseas shipment. Shipped on the SS 'Maron' 24-9-47, arriving Singapore 18-10-47. To ACFE (Air Command Far East) 27-11-47. To 390 MU RAF Tengah, Singapore 30-11-47 for erection and preparation for service. To 60 Squadron, RAF Tengah, Singapore 19-4-48

Written off (destroyed) 10-5-48 after mid-air collision with Spitfire TP209 (also of 60 Squadron RAF): aircraft abandoned and crashed into the Johore River, off Kampong Nior, Kampung Belungkor, Kota Tinggi, Johore, Malayasia, 6 miles North of Changi, Singapore. Pilot of Spitfire TP210 rescued, pilot of Spitfire TP209 killed

Sources:

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.392
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. 60 Sqn RAF ORB for the period 1-5-1946 to 31-12-1950: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR27/2426/9: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8420203
5. "RAF Write offs 1948": Air Britain Aeromilitaria No.1 1979: https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1979.pdf
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p113.html
7. https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/TP210
8. https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/102336-tp210
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._60_Squadron_RAF#Post_World_War_II
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kota_Tinggi

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